6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
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6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.
6 And I have cast upon thee abominations, And dishonoured thee, and made thee as a sight.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
6 I will throw abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you a spectacle.
6 I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
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Commentary on Nahum 3 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 3
This chapter goes on with the burden of Nineveh, and concludes it.
Nah 3:1-7
Here is,
Nah 3:8-19
Nineveh has been told that God is against her, and then none can be for her, to stand her in any stead; yet she sets God himself at defiance, and his power and justice, and says, I shall have peace. Threatened folks live long; therefore here the prophet largely shows how vain her confidences would prove and insufficient to ward off the judgment of God. To convince them of this,