Nahum 3:18 “O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your p…”

Nahum 3:18

O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

World English Bible

Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.

American Standard Version

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy shepheardes doe sleepe, O King of Asshur: thy strong men lie downe: thy people is scattered vpon the mountaines, and no man gathereth them.

Darby Translation

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles lie still; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

Young's Literal Translation

Slumbered have thy friends, king of Asshur, Rest do thine honourable ones, Scattered have been thy people on the mountains, And there is none gathering.

Bible in Basic English

Sorrow! how are the keepers of your flock sleeping, O king of Assyria! your strong men are at rest; your people are wandering on the mountains, and there is no one to get them together.

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Cross references

“Thy shepherds”

Jeremiah 51:57 Exodus 15:16 Jeremiah 51:39 Nahum 2:6 Psalm 76:5 Psalm 76:6

Jeremiah 51:57 · BSB

I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

Exodus 15:16 · BSB

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Jeremiah 51:39 · BSB

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Nahum 2:6 · BSB

The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

Psalm 76:5 · BSB

The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

Psalm 76:6 · BSB

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.

“Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.”

Jeremiah 50:18 Ezekiel 31:3–18 Ezekiel 32:22 Ezekiel 32:23

Jeremiah 50:18 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

Ezekiel 31:3–18 · BSB

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Ezekiel 32:22 · BSB

Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.

Ezekiel 32:23 · BSB

Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

“nobles”

Isaiah 47:1 Revelation 6:15

Isaiah 47:1 · BSB

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

Revelation 6:15 · BSB

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

“thy people”

1 Kings 22:17 Isaiah 13:14

1 Kings 22:17 · BSB

So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

Isaiah 13:14 · BSB

Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.

Also

Nahum 2:5–6

Nahum 2:5–6 · BSB

He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

19There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

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