Nahum 3:15-17
New International Version
15 There the fire(A) will consume you;
the sword(B) will cut you down—
they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.
Multiply like grasshoppers,
multiply like locusts!(C)
16 You have increased the number of your merchants
till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,
but like locusts(D) they strip the land
and then fly away.
17 Your guards are like locusts,(E)
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.
Nahum 3:15-17
English Standard Version
15 There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will (A)devour you (B)like the locust.
Multiply yourselves (C)like the locust;
multiply (D)like the grasshopper!
16 You increased (E)your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
(F)The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17 Your (G)princes are (H)like grasshoppers,
(I)your scribes[a] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:17 Or marshals
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