Nahum 3:5-6 New English Translation
5 “I am against you,” declares the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.[a]
“I will strip off your clothes![b]
I will show your nakedness to the nations
and your shame to the kingdoms.
6 I will pelt you with filth;[c]
I will treat you with contempt;
I will make you a public spectacle.
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:5 tn Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts.” See the note at 2:13.
- Nahum 3:5 tn Heb “I will uncover your skirts over your face.”sn Strip off your clothes. In the ancient Near East, the typical punishment for a prostitute was to strip her of her clothes publicly to expose her to open shame, embarrassment, and public ridicule. Because Nineveh had acted like a prostitute, the Lord would punish her as a prostitute.
- Nahum 3:6 tn Heb “detestable things”; KJV, ASV “abominable filth”; NCV “filthy garbage.”
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