{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/nahum/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:40:07.017Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Nahum","bookSlug":"nahum","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Woe to the bloody city! it <i>is</i> all full of lies <i>and</i> robbery; the prey departeth not;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and <i>there is</i> a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and <i>there is</i> none end of <i>their</i> corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> 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?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, <i>that had</i> the waters round about it, whose rampart <i>was</i> the sea, <i>and</i> her wall <i>was</i> from the sea?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Ethiopia and Egypt <i>were</i> her strength, and <i>it was</i> infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Yet <i>was</i> she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"All thy strong holds <i>shall be like</i> fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Behold, thy people in the midst of thee <i>are</i> women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thy crowned <i>are</i> as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, <i>but</i> when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they <i>are</i>."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell <i>in the dust</i>: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth <i>them</i>."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"<i>There is</i> no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Nahum 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Nahum 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/nahum/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/nahum/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}