Nahum 3:7

Translations

Modern

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Traditional

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?

Literal

And it will come to pass that all seeing you will flee from you, and will say, ‘Nineveh is devastated. Who will bemoan for her?’ From where should I seek comforters for you?”

Latin

Et erit: omnis qui viderit te resiliet a te, et dicet: Vastata est Ninive. Quis commovebit super te caput? unde quæram consolatorem tibi?

Original

Hebrew

English

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Assyria

Events

Prophecies of Nahumc. 663 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 51:19
These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
Jeremiah 15:5
Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
Revelation 18:10
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
Lamentations 2:13
What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
Numbers 16:34
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
Jeremiah 51:9
“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
Nahum 2:9–10
“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
Nahum 1:1
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Revelation 18:16–19
…saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
Jeremiah 51:41–43
How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Places

Nineveh: The capital of Assyria, known for its wickedness and repentance

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Book of Nahum

Topics

Nineveh: Predictions Respecting: Degradation and Contempt Put On

Nahum 3:7

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