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Nahum 3
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Nahum 3
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3 Doom, city of bloodshed—all deceit,
full of plunder: prey cannot get away.
2 Cracking whip and rumbling wheel,
galloping horse and careening chariot!
3 Charging cavalry, flashing sword, and glittering spear;
countless slain, masses of corpses,
endless dead bodies—they stumble over their dead bodies!
4 Because of the many whorings of the whore,
the lovely graces of the mistress of sorceries,
the one who sells nations by means of her whorings
and peoples by means of her sorceries:
5 Look! I am against you, proclaims
the Lord of heavenly forces.
I will lift your skirts over your face;
I will show nations your nakedness
and kingdoms your dishonor.
6 I will throw disgusting things at you;
I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.
7 Then all who look at you will recoil from you and say,
“Nineveh has been devastated!
Who will lament for her?”
Where could I possibly seek comforters for you?
8 Are you better than Thebes,
situated by the Nile, waters surrounding her,
whose fortress is sea and whose city wall is waters?
9 Cush[a] and Egypt constituted her strength, without limit;
Put and the Libyans were her[b] help.
10 Yet even she was destined for exile;
she went into captivity.
Indeed, her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her officials;
all of her powerful citizens were bound in chains.
11 Yes, even you will become drunk;
you will have to hide!
Even you will have to seek refuge from the enemy!
12 All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit;
when the trees are shaken, the fruit falls into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look, your people are women in your midst.
The gates of your land have been flung wide open to your enemies.
Fire consumes the bars of your gates.
14 Draw water for yourself to prepare for siege!
Strengthen your fortifications!
Tread the clay, trample the mortar, grab the brick mold!
15 Fire will consume you there;
the sword will cut you down;
like the locust it will consume you.
Multiply like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!
16 You boasted more traders than the heavens have stars.
The locust sheds its skin and flies away.
17 Your guards are like grasshoppers,
your marshals like swarms of cicadas
that encamp on stone fences on a chilly day;
when the sun rises, they take flight;
no one knows where they have gone.
18 Your shepherds have fallen asleep, king of Assyria!
Your officials are lying down.
Your people are scattered across the mountains;
there is no one to gather them.
19 There is no remedy for your injury;
your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you.
Who has not suffered from your continual cruelty?
Nahum 3
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Nahum 3
Complete Jewish Bible
3 Woe to the city of blood, steeped in lies,
full of prey, with no end to the plunder!
2 The crack of the whip! The rattle of wheels!
Galloping horses, jolting chariots,
3 cavalry charging, swords flashing,
spears glittering —
and hosts of slain, heaps of bodies;
there is no end to the corpses;
they stumble over their corpses.
4 “Because of the continual whoring of this whore,
this alluring mistress of sorcery,
who sells nations with her whoring
and families with her sorcery;
5 I am against you,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
“I will uncover your skirts on your face;
I will show the nations your private parts
and the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will pelt you with disgusting filth,
disgrace you and make a spectacle of you.
7 Then all who see you will recoil from you;
they will say, ‘Ninveh is destroyed!’
Who will mourn for her?
Where can I find people to comfort you?”
8 Are you any better than No-Amon,
located among the streams of the Nile,
with water all around her,
the flood her wall of defense?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt gave her boundless strength,
Put and Luvim were there to help you.
10 Still she went captive into exile,
her infants torn to pieces at every streetcorner.
Lots were drawn for her nobles,
and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 You too, [Ninveh,] will be drunk;
your senses completely overcome.
You too will seek a refuge
from the enemy.
12 All your fortifications will be
like fig trees with early ripening figs;
the moment they are shaken, they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops! They behave like women!
Your country’s gates are wide open to your foes;
fire has consumed their bars.
14 Draw water for the siege!
Strengthen your fortifications!
Go down in the clay, tread the mortar,
Take hold of the mold for bricks!
15 There the fire will burn you up;
and the sword will cut you down;
it will devour you like grasshoppers.
Make yourselves as many as grasshoppers,
Make yourselves as many as locusts!
16 You had more merchants than stars in the sky.
The locust sheds its skin and flies away.
17 Your guards are like grasshoppers,
your marshals like swarms of locusts,
which settle on the walls on a cold day,
but when the sun rises they fly away;
they vanish to no one knows where.
18 Your shepherds are slumbering, king of Ashur.
Your leaders are asleep.
Your people are scattered all over the mountains,
with no one to round them up.
19 Your wound cannot be healed.
Your injury is fatal.
Everyone hearing the news about you
claps his hands in joy over you.
For who has not been overwhelmed
by your relentless cruelty?
Nahum 3
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Nahum 3
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Woe to Nineveh
3 Woe to the city of blood,(A)
full of lies,(B)
full of plunder,
never without victims!
2 The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!
3 Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses(C)—
4 all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,(D)
who enslaved nations by her prostitution(E)
and peoples by her witchcraft.
5 “I am against(F) you,” declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will lift your skirts(G) over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness(H)
and the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will pelt you with filth,(I)
I will treat you with contempt(J)
and make you a spectacle.(K)
7 All who see you will flee(L) from you and say,
‘Nineveh(M) is in ruins(N)—who will mourn for her?’(O)
Where can I find anyone to comfort(P) you?”
8 Are you better than(Q) Thebes,(R)
situated on the Nile,(S)
with water around her?
The river was her defense,
the waters her wall.
9 Cush[a](T) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put(U) and Libya(V) were among her allies.
10 Yet she was taken captive(W)
and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(X) to pieces
at every street corner.
Lots(Y) were cast for her nobles,
and all her great men were put in chains.(Z)
11 You too will become drunk;(AA)
you will go into hiding(AB)
and seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
with their first ripe fruit;(AC)
when they are shaken,
the figs(AD) fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops—
they are all weaklings.(AE)
The gates(AF) of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(AG)
14 Draw water for the siege,(AH)
strengthen your defenses!(AI)
Work the clay,
tread the mortar,
repair the brickwork!
15 There the fire(AJ) will consume you;
the sword(AK) will cut you down—
they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.
Multiply like grasshoppers,
multiply like locusts!(AL)
16 You have increased the number of your merchants
till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,
but like locusts(AM) they strip the land
and then fly away.
17 Your guards are like locusts,(AN)
your officials like swarms of locusts
that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
and no one knows where.
18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[b] slumber;(AO)
your nobles lie down to rest.(AP)
Your people are scattered(AQ) on the mountains
with no one to gather them.
19 Nothing can heal you;(AR)
your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands(AS) at your fall,
for who has not felt
your endless cruelty?(AT)
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
- Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers
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Descripción del fin de Nínive
3 ¡Ay de la ciudad sedienta de sangre,
repleta de mentira,
llena de rapiña,
aferrada a la presa!
2 ¡Se oye el chasquido de los látigos,
el estrépito de las ruedas,
el galopar de los caballos,
el chirrido de los carros,
3 la carga de la caballería,
el fulgor de las espadas,
el centellear de las lanzas!
¡Son muchos los muertos,
los cuerpos amontonados,
los cadáveres por doquier
con los que todos tropiezan!
4 Todo por el deseo desenfrenado de una prostituta seductora,
maestra en hechicerías.
Esclavizó naciones con su prostitución,
y pueblos, con su brujería.
5 «¡Aquí estoy contra ti!»,
afirma el Señor de los Ejércitos.
«Te levantaré la falda hasta la cara
para que las naciones vean tu desnudez
y los reinos descubran tus vergüenzas.
6 Arrojaré sobre ti inmundicias,
te trataré con desprecio
y haré de ti un espectáculo.
7 Todos los que te vean huirán de ti
y dirán: “¡Nínive ha sido devastada!
¿Quién hará duelo por ella?”.
¿Dónde hallaré quien la consuele?».
Destrucción total de Nínive
8 ¿Acaso eres mejor que Tebas,[a]
ciudad rodeada de aguas,
asentada junto a las corrientes del Nilo,
que tiene al mar por terraplén
y a las aguas por muralla?
9 Cus y Egipto eran su fuerza ilimitada,
Fut y Libia eran sus aliados.
10 Con todo, Tebas marchó al exilio;
fue llevada al cautiverio.
A sus hijos los estrellaron
contra las esquinas de las calles.
Sobre sus nobles echaron suertes
y encadenaron a su gente ilustre.
11 También tú, Nínive, te embriagarás
y se embotarán tus sentidos.
También tú, por causa del enemigo,
tendrás que buscar refugio.
12 Todas tus fortalezas son higueras
cargadas de brevas maduras:
si las sacuden,
caen en la boca del que se las come.
13 Mira, al enfrentarse al enemigo
tus tropas se portan como cobardes.
Las puertas de tu país
quedarán abiertas de par en par,
porque el fuego consumirá tus cerrojos.
Defensa inútil
14 ¡Abastécete de agua para el asedio,
refuerza tus fortificaciones!
¡Métete al barro, pisa la mezcla
y repara los ladrillos!
15 Porque allí mismo te consumirá el fuego
y te exterminará la espada.
¡Como langosta pequeña te devorará!
¡Multiplícate como larva,
reprodúcete como langosta!
16 Aumentaste tus mercaderes
más que las estrellas de los cielos,
pero como langostas pequeñas
devoran la tierra y se van volando.
17 Tus guardianes son como langostas
y tus oficiales, como enjambres de langostas
que en días fríos se posan sobre los muros,
pero que al salir el sol desaparecen,
y nadie sabe dónde hallarlos.
18 Rey de Asiria,
tus pastores duermen
y tus nobles descansan.
Tu pueblo anda disperso por los montes
y no hay quien lo reúna.
19 Tu herida no tiene remedio;
tu llaga es incurable.
Todos los que sepan lo que te ha pasado
aplaudirán por tu desgracia.
Pues ¿quién no fue víctima
de tu constante maldad?
Footnotes
- 3:8 Tebas. Lit. No Amón.
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