Nahum 3:6

“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Nahum 3:6

And I will cast abominable filth vpon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stocke.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"I will throw filth on you And make you vile, And set you up as a spectacle.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
- American Standard Version (1901)

I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.
- Basic English Bible

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
- Darby Bible

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
- Webster's Bible

I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
- World English Bible

And I have cast upon thee abominations, And dishonoured thee, and made thee as a sight.
- Youngs Literal Bible

And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile, and will make thee as dung.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible Commentary for Nahum 3:6

Wesley's Notes for Nahum 3:6


3:4 The whoredom - The idolatries, which were multiplied by the many people that served the Assyrian idols. And whoredoms literally understood, did undoubtedly abound, where wealth, luxury, ease, and long continuance of these were to be found. Well - favoured - Glorious in their state and government, and in the splendor of their idols, temples, and sacrifices. Of witchcrafts - Bewitching policies; or it may be taken for witchcrafts or necromances, which abounded among the Assyrians. That selleth - That dispose of them as imperiously, and absolutely as men do slaves. And families - This may intimate the seducing of some particular and eminent families to an hereditary service of the Assyrian idols, or to witchcrafts, in which the devil imitated God's institution, in taking a family to his service.

3:5 Discover - l will strip thee naked, and deal with thee as inhuman soldiers deal with captive women.

3:7 Shall flee - With loathing and abhorrence. Will bemoan - Whose bowels will be moved for her that had no bowels for any one.

3:8 Thou - O Nineveh. No - It is supposed this was what we now called Alexandria. Art thou greater, stronger, and wiser? Yet all her power was broken, her riches spoiled, and her glory buried in ruins. Rampart - The defence of its walls on one side. Her wall - A mighty, strong wall, built from the sea landward.


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