The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 2:11 (CSB)

Where is the lions’ lair,
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled,
and the lion’s cub,
with nothing to frighten them away?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 2:12 (CSB)

The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed
and strangled prey for its lionesses.
It filled up its dens with the kill,
and its lairs with mauled prey.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 2:13 (CSB)

Beware, I am against you.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
I will make your chariots go up in smoke,
and the sword will devour your young lions.
I will cut off your prey from the earth,
and the sound of your messengers
will never be heard again.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:1 (NIV)

The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:2 (NIV)

The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Correction for Post 18664

Nahum 3:1 (NIV)

Woe to the city of blood,
full of lies,
full of plunder,
never without victims!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Following on

Nahum 3:2 (NIV)

2 The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:3 (NIV)

3 Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses –

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:4 (NIV)

4 all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,
who enslaved nations by her prostitution
and peoples by her witchcraft.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:5 (NIV)

5 ‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.
‘I will lift your skirts over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness
and the kingdoms your shame.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:6 (NIV)

6 I will pelt you with filth,
I will treat you with contempt
and make you a spectacle.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:7 (NIV)

7 All who see you will flee from you and say,
‘‘Nineveh is in ruins – who will mourn for her?”
Where can I find anyone to comfort you?’

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:8 (NIV)

8 Are you better than Thebes,
situated on the Nile,
with water around her?
The river was her defence,
the waters her wall.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:9 (NIV)

9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put and Libya were among her allies.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:10 (NIV)

10 Yet she was taken captive
and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed to pieces
at every street corner.
Lots were cast for her nobles,
and all her great men were put in chains.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:11 (NIV)

11 You too will become drunk;
you will go into hiding
and seek refuge from the enemy.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:12 (NIV)

12 All your fortresses are like fig-trees
with their first ripe fruit;
when they are shaken,
the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:13 (NIV)

13 Look at your troops –
they are all weaklings.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has consumed the bars of your gates.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:14 (NIV)

14 Draw water for the siege,
strengthen your defences!
Work the clay,
tread the mortar,
repair the brickwork!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Nahum 3:15 (NIV)

15 There the fire will consume you;
the sword will cut you down –
and it will devour you like a swarm of locusts.
Multiply like grasshoppers,
multiply like locusts!