Nàhóngshū 3:1

1 Huò zāi , zhè liú rén xuè de chéng , chōngmǎn huǎng zhà hé qiángbào . qiǎngduó de shì , zǒng bù zhǐxī .

Nàhóngshū 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Nahum 3:1

Woe to the bloody city
Nineveh, in which many murders were daily committed; innocent blood shed; the lives of men taken away, under the colour of justice, by false witnesses, and other unlawful methods; and which was continually making war with neighbouring nations, and shedding their blood, which it stuck not at, to enlarge its wealth and dominions; and therefore "woe" is denounced against it; and it is threatened with the righteous judgments of God, with all sorts of calamity and distress: or, "O bloody city", as the Septuagint; for the word used is vocative, and expressive of calling, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe: it [is] all full of lies [and] robbery;
the palace and court; the houses of noblemen and common persons were full of flattery and deceit; men of high degree were a lie, and men of low degree vanity; no man could trust another, or believe what he said; there were no truth, honesty, and faithfulness, in conversation or commerce; their warehouses were full of goods, got by rapine and violence; and their streets full of robbers and robberies: the prey departeth not;
they go on in making a prey of their neighbours, in pillaging and plundering their substance; they repent not of such evil practices, nor desist from them; or because of the above sins they shall fall a prey to the enemy, who will not cease plundering them till he has utterly stripped them of all they have; and who is represented in the next verse ( Nahum 3:2 ) as just at hand.

Nàhóngshū 3:1 In-Context

1 Huò zāi , zhè liú rén xuè de chéng , chōngmǎn huǎng zhà hé qiángbào . qiǎngduó de shì , zǒng bù zhǐxī .

2 Biān shēng xiǎng liàng , chēlún hōng hōng , mǎ pǐ tī tiào , chēliàng bēn téng ,

3 Mǎ bīng zhēng xiān , dāo jiàn fāguāng , qiāng maó Shǎn shuò , beì shā de shén duō , shī shǒu chéng le dà duī , shī hái wú shù , rén pèng zhe ér diēdǎo .

4 Dōu yīn nà mĕimào de jìnǚ duō yǒu yín xíng , guàn xíng xiéshù , jiè yín xíng yòuhuò liè guó , yòng xiéshù yòuhuò ( yuánwén zuò maì ) duō zú .

5 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ yǔ nǐ wèi dí . wǒ bì jiē qǐ nǐde yǐ jīn , méng zaì nǐ liǎn shang , shǐ liè guó kànjian nǐde chì tǐ , shǐ liè bāng guānkàn nǐde chǒu lòu .