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Nahum 3:15 KJV
Nahum · chapter 3 · verse 15
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.Nahum 3:15 · King James Version
Nahum 3:15 in context
13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
15There 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.
16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cankerwormyeleqa devourerH3218 →
- devourʼâkalto eatH398 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
- manykâbadto be heavyH3513 →
- offkârathto cutH3772 →
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Nineveh has been told that God is against her, and then none can be for her, to stand her in any stead; yet she sets God himself at defiance, and his power and justice, and says, I shall have peace. Threatened folks live long;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-19