Nahum 3:1 BSB — MannaFest

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֖וֹי	Ho	woe to!	H1945 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	[the] city of	H5892 →
דָּמִ֑ים	da.Mim	blood<s>	H1818 →
כֻּלָּ֗הּ	ku.Lah	all of it	H3605 →
כַּ֤חַשׁ	Ka.chash	lying	H3585 →
פֶּ֙רֶק֙	pe.rek	plunder	H6563 →
מְלֵאָ֔ה	me.le.'Ah	[is] full	H4392 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָמִ֖ישׁ	ya.Mish	it will depart	H4185 →
טָֽרֶף׃	Ta.ref	prey	H2964 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 2:12
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
leads to
- Micah 3:10
  who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Daniel 4:27–31
  Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be…
- Joshua 6:26
  At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations;…
- Jeremiah 22:13–17
  “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
Through
Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
leads to
- Hosea 6:9
  Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
  who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- Jeremiah 6:7
  As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
- Micah 7:2
  The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Habakkuk 2:12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!Zephaniah 3:1–3Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.Ezekiel 22:2–3“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations Ezekiel 24:6–9Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.Nahum 2:12The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.Ezekiel 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations Nahum 2:13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.Ezekiel 24:9Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.Nahum 2:11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?Isaiah 24:9They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

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