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Nahum 3:1-3
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The Woe of Nineveh

3 Woe to the (A)bloody city!
It is all full of lies and robbery.
Its [a]victim never departs.
2 The noise of a whip
And the noise of rattling wheels,
Of galloping horses,
Of [b]clattering chariots!
3 Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
There is a multitude of slain,
A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses—
They stumble over the corpses—

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  1. Nahum 3:1 Lit. prey
  2. Nahum 3:2 bounding or jolting
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Nahum 3:1-3
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Woe to Nineveh

3 Woe to the city of blood,(A)
    full of lies,(B)
full of plunder,
    never without victims!
2 The crack of whips,
    the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
    and jolting chariots!
3 Charging cavalry,
    flashing swords
    and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
    piles of dead,
bodies without number,
    people stumbling over the corpses(C)—

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