Nahúm 3:1-7

Descripción del fin de Nínive

1 ¡Ay de la ciudad sedienta de sangre,repleta de mentira,insaciable en su rapiña,aferrada a la presa!

2 Se oye el chasquido de los látigos,el estrépito de las ruedas,el galopar de los caballos,el chirrido de los carros,

3 la carga de la caballería,el fulgor de las espadas,el centellear de las lanzas,la multitud de muertos,los cuerpos amontonados,los cadáveres por doquier,en los que todos tropiezan.

4 ¡Y todo por las muchas prostitucionesde esa ramera de encantos zalameros,de esa maestra de la seducción!Engañó a los pueblos con sus fornicaciones,y a los clanes con sus embrujos.

5 «¡Aquí estoy contra ti!—afirma el SEÑORTodopoderoso—.Te levantaré la falda hasta la cara,para que las naciones vean tu desnudez,y los reinos descubran tus vergüenzas.

6 Te cubriré de inmundicias,te ultrajaré y te exhibiré en público.

7 Todos los que te vean huirán de ti,y dirán: “¡Nínive ha sido devastada!¿Quién hará duelo por ella?”¿Dónde hallaré quien la consuele?»

Nahúm 3:1-7 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.