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Harlot Nineveh Will Get What She Deserves

“Because of the many idolatries of the prostitute,
    the beautiful charm of a mistress of witchcraft,
she who enslaves nations by her harlotries,
    and peoples by her sorceries,
“Look! I am against you!” declares[a]Yahweh.
    “I will strip up your skirts over your face;
        I will let nations look at your nakedness and your shame.
“I will throw filth upon you,
    I will treat you with contempt,
        I will make you a spectacle.
“And it will be that everyone who sees you will flee from you,
    And they[b] will say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed!’
Who will mourn for her?
    From whence shall I seek comforters for you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:5 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Nahum 3:7 Hebrew “he”

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:
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.
I will throw disgusting things at you;
        I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.
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?

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