Nahum 3:17-19
Complete Jewish Bible
17 Your guards are like grasshoppers,
your marshals like swarms of locusts,
which settle on the walls on a cold day,
but when the sun rises they fly away;
they vanish to no one knows where.
18 Your shepherds are slumbering, king of Ashur.
Your leaders are asleep.
Your people are scattered all over the mountains,
with no one to round them up.
19 Your wound cannot be healed.
Your injury is fatal.
Everyone hearing the news about you
claps his hands in joy over you.
For who has not been overwhelmed
by your relentless cruelty?
Nahum 3:17-19
New International Version
17 Your guards are like locusts,(A)
your officials like swarms of locusts
that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
and no one knows where.
18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[a] slumber;(B)
your nobles lie down to rest.(C)
Your people are scattered(D) on the mountains
with no one to gather them.
19 Nothing can heal you;(E)
your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands(F) at your fall,
for who has not felt
your endless cruelty?(G)
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers
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