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Nahum 3:1 KJV
Nahum · chapter 3 · verse 1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;Nahum 3:1 · King James Version
Nahum 3:1 in context
1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- robberypereqrapineH6563 →
- bloodydâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- fullmâlêʼfull or fillingH4392 →
- lieskachashliterally a failure of fleshH3585 →
- preyṭerephsomething tornH2964 →
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Here is, I. Nineveh arraigned and indicted. It is a high charge that is here drawn up against that great city, and neither her numbers nor her grandeur shall secure her from prosecution. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7