18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[a] slumber;(A)
    your nobles lie down to rest.(B)
Your people are scattered(C) on the mountains
    with no one to gather them.
19 Nothing can heal you;(D)
    your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
    clap their hands(E) at your fall,
for who has not felt
    your endless cruelty?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers

18 (A)Your shepherds slumber, O (B)king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are (C)scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.
19 Your injury has no healing,
(D)Your wound is severe.
(E)All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?

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