Because of the multitude of [a]harlotries of the [b]seductive harlot,
(A)The mistress of sorceries,
Who sells nations through her harlotries,
And families through her sorceries.

“Behold, I am (B)against you,” says the Lord of hosts;
(C)“I will lift your skirts over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness,
And the kingdoms your shame.
I will cast abominable filth upon you,
Make you (D)vile,[c]
And make you (E)a spectacle.
It shall come to pass that all who look upon you
(F)Will flee from you, and say,
(G)‘Nineveh is laid waste!
(H)Who will bemoan her?’
Where shall I seek comforters for you?”

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:4 Spiritual unfaithfulness
  2. Nahum 3:4 Lit. goodly charm, in a bad sense
  3. Nahum 3:6 despicable

because of the multitude of the whoredoms
of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts,
that selleth nations through her whoredoms,
and families through her witchcrafts.

Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts;
and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face,
and I will shew the nations thy nakedness,
and the kingdoms thy shame.
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,
and will set thee as a gazingstock.
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee,
and say, Nineveh is laid waste:
who will bemoan her?
whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

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