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Open English Translation NAH Chapter 3

NAH 3 ©

Readers’ Version

Literal Version

3The city of bloodshed will have a bad end.

It’s full of lies and stolen property.

Always taking plunder—never letting go.

2The sound of whips and the rattling of wheels.

Horses galloping and chariots jolting.

3Charging horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears.

Many slainheaps of corpses.

Uncountable bodies—people trip over them.

4That will happen because the beautiful prostitute had so much business.

She’s the mistress of witchcraft.

She attracts other countries with her prostitution.

She attracts other peoples with her sorceries.

5Army commander Yahweh declares that he’s against you.

He’ll lift your skirt up over your head,

and show your nakeness to the other countries.

Show your shame to the various kingdoms.

6I throw disgusting filth at you

and treat you with contempt.

I’ll make a spectacle of you.

7Everyone who sees you will run away

and say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed.’

Who will weep for her?

Where can I find someone who’ll comfort her?


8Are you better than Thebes city[fn] was,

where the Nile surrounded and protected her?

Where the water was one of her secure walls.

9Ethopia and Egypt were her strength,

and her strength had no limit.

Put and Libya were her allies.


10Yet Thebes was taken as an exile

taken into captivity.

Her young children were dashed to pieces at the top of every street.

Her captors threw dice for her nobles.

All her leading men were bound in chains.


11You, too, will become drunk.

You’ll look for places to hide.

You’ll try to find somewhere to be safe from your enemies.

12All your fortresses will be like fig trees

with the early fruit now ready.

When they’re shaken

the fruit falls right into the mouth of the eater.

13See, your troops are like weak women.

Your city gates will be opened wide to your enemies

their cross-bars will be destroyed by fire.

14Get water from the wells to store for the siege.

Strengthen your fortifications.

Fetch clay and start working it.

Get the molds ready to make bricks.

15Even so, fire will devour you.

The sword will cut you down.

They’ll chew you up like locusts.

You need to multiply like locusts and grasshoppers.

16You have so many merchants

more than the stars in the sky.

Like locusts, they strip valuables and then fly away.

17Your many guards are like locusts,

and you have a swarm of officials.

On a cold morning they settle on the walls,

but when the sun rises they fly away

to some place that nobody knows about.


18You, king of Assyia,

your shepherds have fallen asleep.

Your nobles have settled down for a break.

Your people will be scattered across the hills,

with no one to gather them again.

19Your pain will get no relief

your wound is too severe.

Everyone who hears the news about you will do a high-five,

because there’s no one who hasn’t experienced your cruelty.


3:8 Ancient No-Amon—modern Luxor in Egypt.

3woe_to [the]_city of_blood(s) full_she lying plunder [is]_full not it_will_depart prey.
2[the]_sound of_a_whip and_noise of_[the]_rattling of_a_wheel and_horse galloping and_chariot jolting.
3A_horseman bringing_up and_flashing of_a_sword and_glittering of_a_spear and_many of_[the]_slain and_heaps of_corpse[s] and_without an_end to_the_dead_bodies wwww[fn] in/on/at/with_dead_their.
4Because_of_all of_[the]_prostitution(s) of_a_prostitute good of_grace a_mistress of_sorceries the_enslaves nations in/on/at/with_prostitution_her and_peoples in/on/at/with_sorceries_her.
5Behold_I against_you the_utterance of_YHWH of_hosts and_lift_up skirts_your over face_your and_show nations nakedness_your and_kingdoms shame_your.
6And_throw at_you detestable_things and_treat_withcontempt_you and_make_you as_spectacle.
7And_it_was all see_you he_will_flee from_you and_saying(ms) it_is_devastated Nīnəvēh who will_he_show_sympathy to/for_her/it from_where will_I_seek comforters to/for_you(fs).
8Better than_No ʼĀmōn the_sat in/on/at/with_nile water [was]_all_around to/for_her/it which rampart [was_the]_sea of_water wall_her.
9Kūsh/(Cush) strength_her and_Miʦrayim and_without an_end Fūţ and_Libya they_were in/on/at/with_allies_your.
10Also it as_an_exile it_went in/on/at/with_captivity also infants_her they_were_dashed_in_pieces in/on/at/with_head of_all [the]_streets and_for nobles_her they_throw a_lot and_all great_her they_were_bound in/on/at/with_chains.
11Also you you_will_become_drunk it_will_be hidden also you you_will_seek a_refuge from_enemy.
12All fortresses_your [are]_fig_trees with first-fruits if they_will_be_shaken and_fall on [the]_mouth of_[one_who]_eats.
13There troops_your [are]_women in/on/at/with_midst_your to_enemies_your wide_(open) they_will_be_opened the_gates land_your it_will_consume fire bars_your.
14Water of_siege draw to/for_you(fs) strengthen fortifications_your go in/on/at/with_clay and_tread in/on/at/with_mortar take_hold_of a_brick-mould.
15There devour_you fire cut_down_you [the]_sword consume_you like_the_locust make_yourself_numerous like_the_locust make_yourself_numerous like_the_grasshopper.
16You_have_increased merchants_your more_than_stars the_heavens a_locust it_strips_off and_flies_away.
17Guards_your like_the_locusts and_scribes_your like_locust_swarm_of locust[s] the_settling in/on/at/with_walls in/on_day of_coldness [the]_sun it_rises and_fly_away and_not it_is_known place_him where_they.
18They_are_slumbering shepherds_your Oh_king of_ʼAshshūr they_settle_down nobles_your they_are_scattered people_your on the_mountains and_no [one_who]_gathers.
19There_[is]_not relief for_wound_your [is]_severe wound_your all [those_who]_hear news_you they_strike a_palm over_you if/because over whom not has_it_passed cruelty_your continually.

3:3 Variant note: יכשלו: (x-qere) ’וְ/כָשְׁל֖וּ’: lemma_c/3782 n_0.0 morph_HC/Vqp3cp id_34AXb וְ/כָשְׁל֖וּ

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