Nahum 3:10
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Yet was 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.Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
In other translations
Yet was 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.Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
Hebrew words
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571הִיאhi'itH1931לַגֹּלָהlagolahto <the> exileH1473הָלְכָהhalekhahit wentH1980בַשֶּׁבִיvasheviin <the> captivityH7628גַּםgamalsoH1571עֹלָלֶיהָ'olaleihachildren itsH5768יְרֻטְּשׁוּyeruteshuthey were dashed in piecesH7376בְּרֹאשׁberoshat [the] head ofH7218כָּל־kol-allH3605חוּצוֹתchutzot[the] streetsH2351וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921נִכְבַּדֶּיהָnikhbadeihahonored [people] itsH3513יַדּוּyaduthey castH3032גוֹרָלgorala lotH1486וְכָל־vekholand allH3605גְּדוֹלֶיהָgedoleihagreat [people] itsH1419רֻתְּקוּrutekuthey were boundH7576בַזִּקִּים׃vazikimwith <the> fettersH2131
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Related verses
- Isaiah 20:4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
- Joel 3:3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
- Hosea 13:16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Obadiah 1:11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
- Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
- Isaiah 13:16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
- Isaiah 13:6Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Psalm 33:16-1716 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.16 No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- 2 Kings 8:12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
- Lamentations 4:1How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
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People and places
Places: Thebes