Nàhóngshū 3:1-4

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 .

Nàhóngshū 3:1-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NAHUM 3

In this chapter is contained the prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh, and with it the whole Assyrian empire; the causes of which, besides those before mentioned, were the murders, lies, and robberies it was full of, Na 3:1 for which it should be swiftly and cruelly destroyed, Na 3:2,3 as also its whoredoms and witchcrafts, or idolatry, by which nations and families were seduced, Na 3:4 and hence she should be treated as a harlot, her nakedness exposed, and she cast out with contempt, and mocked at by all, Na 3:5-7 and all those things she placed her confidence in are shown to be of no avail; as her situation and fortresses, as she might learn from the case of No Amon, Na 3:8-12 nor the number of her inhabitants, which were weak as women; nor even her merchants, captains, nobles, and king himself, Na 3:13-18 nor the people she was in alliance with, who would now mock at her, her case being irrecoverable and incurable, Na 3:19.