12 “Persist now in your (A)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to benefit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
13 You are (B)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the (C)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and (D)save you from what will come upon you.

Read full chapter

Horsemen charging,
Swords flashing, (A)spears gleaming,
(B)Many killed, a mass of corpses,
And there is (C)no end to the dead bodies—
They stumble over [a]the dead bodies!
All because of the (D)many sexual acts of the prostitute,
The charming one, the (E)mistress of sorceries,
Who (F)sells nations by her sexual acts,
And families by her sorceries.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:3 Lit their

14 For these nations, which you are going to dispossess, listen to (A)soothsayers and diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends