Nahum 3:1
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Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not.
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
Woe (judgment is coming) to the city of blood [guilty of murder and mayhem], completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs [alive].
Woe to the bloody city! It is full of lies and booty and [there is] no end to the plunder!
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Woe to the city of blood, totally deceitful, full of plunder, never without prey.
Woe to the city of blood, totally deceitful, full of plunder, never without prey.
Doom, city of bloodshed—all deceit, full of plunder: prey cannot get away.
Woe to the city of blood, steeped in lies, full of prey, with no end to the plunder!
Doom to the crime capital! Nineveh, city of murder and treachery,
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.
Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee.
It will be very bad for that city of murderers. Nineveh is a city full of lies. It is filled with things taken from other countries. It is filled with plenty of people that it hunted and killed.
Terrible things will happen to you, Nineveh. Your people are murderers and they love to tell lies. The city is full of valuable things that they have taken from other people.
Woe to the city of bloodshed! She is full of lies. She is filled with plunder. She is never without victims.
Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey!
Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey!
·How terrible it will be for [L Woe to] the city ·that has killed so many [L of blood]. It is full of lies and ·goods stolen from other countries [plunder]. It is ·always killing somebody [L never empty of prey].
1 Of the fall of Ninevah. 8 No power can escape the hand of God. O bloody city, it is all full of lies and robbery: the prey departeth not.
How horrible it will be for that city of bloody violence! It is completely full of lies and stolen goods—never without victims.
Doomed is the lying, murderous city, full of wealth to be looted and plundered!
Woe to the city of blood, totally deceitful, full of plunder, never without prey.
How terrible it will be for the city which has killed so many. It is full of lies. It is full of stolen things from other countries. It is always hurting or killing somebody.
Woe to this city, contaminated with shed blood, all full of lies and robberies— it is never without victims!
¶ Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; stealing does not depart from her!
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Woe to the city of bloodshed, completely full of deception and pillage; Her prey never departs.
Woe to the city that has shed much blood! She is a deceiver, She is filled with plunder, She has hoarded her spoils of war.
Woe to Nineveh, City of Blood, full of lies, crammed with plunder.
Doom to Murder City— full of lies, bursting with loot, addicted to violence! Horns blaring, wheels clattering, horses rearing, chariots lurching, Horsemen galloping, brandishing swords and spears, Dead bodies rotting in the street, corpses stacked like cordwood, Bodies in every gutter and alley, clogging every intersection! And whores! Whores without end! Whore City, Fatally seductive, you’re the Witch of Seduction, luring nations to their ruin with your evil spells. * * *
Woe to the bloody city! It is full of lies and plunder. The prey never departs.
How horrible it will be for that city of bloody violence! It is completely full of lies and stolen goods—never without victims.
Ah! The bloody city, all lies, Full of plunder, whose looting never stops!
Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey does not leave.
Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs.
Woe to the bloodstained city, festering with lies, full of booty, never ceasing in its plunder.
How terrible it will be for the city that has killed so many. It is full of lies and goods stolen from other countries. It is always killing somebody.
Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
How terrible it will be for Nineveh! It is a city of murderers! It is full of liars! It is filled with stolen goods! The killing never stops!
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. Its victim never departs.
It is bad for the city of blood, full of lies and stolen riches! There is no end of her prizes of war!
What sorrow awaits Nineveh, the city of murder and lies! She is crammed with wealth and is never without victims.
Ah! City of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of booty— no end to the plunder!
Ah! City of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of booty— no end to the plunder!
Ah! City of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of booty— no end to the plunder!
Woe, city of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of plunder— no end to the prey!
Hoy (woe) to the ir damim (bloody city)! It is all full of lies and booty; no end to the plunder;
O bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. And its prey never departs:
Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and booty— no end to the plunder!
Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and booty— no end to the plunder!
Oy, bloody city! Full of deceit, full of plunder. The prey never departs.
Hopelessness and despair, that’s the destiny of the city that shed so much blood, That perfected its use of lies, that overflows with stolen treasures, Leaving behind endless victims.
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.
Woe to the city of bloods, all of leasing, full of rending; raven shall not go away from thee. (Woe to the city of bloodshed, or to the murderous city, all of lies, full of tearing apart; all the spoils, or the prey, shall never be taken away from thee.)
Wo [to] the city of blood, She is all with lies -- burglary -- full, Prey doth not depart.
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