Nahum 3:17
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Thy 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.Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
In other translations
Thy 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.Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
Hebrew words
מִנְּזָרַיִךְminezarayikhcourtiers yourH4502כָּאַרְבֶּהka'arbeh[are] like the locustH697וְטַפְסְרַיִךְvetafserayikhand officials yourH2951כְּגוֹבkegov[are] like a locust ofH1462גֹּבָיgoyailocustsH1462הַחוֹנִיםhachonimwhich encampH2583בַּגְּדֵרוֹתbagederotin the wallsH1448בְּיוֹםbeyomon a day ofH3117קָרָהkarahcoldnessH7135שֶׁמֶשׁshemesh[the] sunH8121זָרְחָהzarechahit risesH2224וְנוֹדַדvenodadand it fleesH5074וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808נוֹדַעnoda'it is knownH3045מְקוֹמוֹmekomoplace itsH4725אַיָּם׃'aiyamwhere [are]? theyH335
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- Revelation 9:7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.
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