Nahum 3:7 “Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devasta…”

Nahum 3:7

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

World English Bible

It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I seek comforters for you?”

American Standard Version

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Geneva Bible 1599

And it shall come to passe, that al they that looke vpon thee, shall flee from thee, and say, Nineueh is destroyed, who will haue pitie vpon her? where shall I seeke comforters for thee?

Darby Translation

And it shall come to pass, [that] all they that see thee shall flee from thee, and shall say, Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Young's Literal Translation

And it hath come to pass, Each of thy beholders fleeth from thee, And hath said: 'Spoiled is Nineveh, Who doth bemoan for her?' Whence do I seek comforters for thee?

Bible in Basic English

And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?

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Cross references

“that all”

Revelation 18:10 Numbers 16:34 Jeremiah 51:9

Revelation 18:10 · BSB

In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Numbers 16:34 · BSB

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”

Jeremiah 51:9 · BSB

“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”

“Nineveh”

Jeremiah 51:41–43 Revelation 18:16–19 Nahum 2:9 Nahum 2:10

Jeremiah 51:41–43 · BSB

How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Revelation 18:16–19 · BSB

saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

Nahum 2:9 · BSB

“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

Nahum 2:10 · BSB

She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

“who”

Isaiah 51:19 Jeremiah 15:5 Lamentations 2:13

Isaiah 51:19 · BSB

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Jeremiah 15:5 · BSB

Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

Lamentations 2:13 · BSB

What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

Also

Nahum 1:1

Nahum 1:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

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

In context

6I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.

8Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

Read Nahum 3