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All this is because of the many promiscuous deeds of the prostitute, a beautiful and pleasing mistress of all kinds of sorcery,[a] who sells nations into slavery with her promiscuity and clans of people with her sorcery.

Beware! I am against you, declares the Lord of Armies. I will strip off your clothes! I will expose your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. I will pelt you with filth.[b] I will treat you with contempt. I will make you a public spectacle. Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust and say, “Nineveh has been devastated! Who will express grief for her? Where can I find someone to comfort you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:4 Or witchcraft
  2. Nahum 3:6 The Hebrew word is usually a name for idols, so its use in the literal sense here is unusual.