Nahum 3

1 woe! city blood all her lie plunder full not to remove prey

Woe to the bloody city. It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.

2 voice: sound whip and voice quaking wheel and horse to rush and chariot to skip about

The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

3 horseman to ascend: rise and flame sword and lightning spear and abundance slain: killed and heaviness corpse and nothing end to/for body (and to stumble *Q(K)*) in/on/with body their

the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

4 from abundance fornication to fornicate pleasant favor mistress sorcery [the] to sell nation in/on/with fornication her and family in/on/with sorcery her

because of the multitude of the prostitution of the alluring prostitute, the mistress of witchcraft, who sells nations through her prostitution, and families through her witchcraft.

5 look! I to(wards) you utterance LORD Hosts and to reveal: uncover hem your upon face your and to see: see nation nakedness your and kingdom dishonor your

"Look, I am against you," says YHWH of hosts, "and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

6 and to throw upon you abomination and be senseless you and to set: make you like/as sight

I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.

7 and to be all to see: see you to wander from you and to say to ruin Nineveh who? to wander to/for her from where? to seek to be sorry: comfort to/for you

It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste. Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"

8 be good from Thebes Amon [the] to dwell in/on/with Nile water around to/for her which rampart sea from sea wall her

Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

9 Cush strength her and Egypt and nothing end Put and Libyan to be in/on/with help your

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.

10 also he/she/it to/for captivity to go: went in/on/with captivity also infant her to dash in pieces in/on/with head: top all outside and upon to honor: honour her to cast a lot allotted and all great: large her to bind in/on/with fetter

Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

11 also you(f. s.) be drunk to be to conceal also you(f. s.) to seek security from enemy

You also will be drunk. You will be hidden. You also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.

12 all fortification your fig with firstfruit if to shake and to fall: fall upon lip to eat

All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

13 behold people: soldiers your woman in/on/with entrails: among your to/for enemy your to open to open gate land: country/planet your to eat fire bar your

Look, your troops in your midst are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.

14 water siege to draw to/for you to strengthen: strengthen fortification your to come (in): come in/on/with mud and to trample in/on/with clay to strengthen: hold brick

Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

15 there to eat you fire to cut: cut you sword to eat you like/as locust to honor: many like/as locust to honor: many like/as locust

There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.

16 to multiply to trade your from star [the] heaven locust to strip and to fly

You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.

17 prince your like/as locust and official your like/as locust locust [the] to camp in/on/with wall in/on/with day cold sun to rise and to wander and not to know place his where? they

Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

18 to slumber to pasture your king Assyria to dwell great your to scatter people your upon [the] mountain: mount and nothing to gather

Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.

19 nothing easing to/for breaking your be weak: grieved wound your all to hear: hear report your to blow palm upon you for upon who? not to pass distress: evil your continually

There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?