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Nahum 3:10

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

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ASV

Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

KJV

Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
הִ֗יאHi'itH1931 →
לַגֹּלָה֙la.go.Lahto <the> exileH1473 →
הָלְכָ֣הha.le.Khahit wentH1980 →
בַשֶּׁ֔בִיva.She.viin <the> captivityH7628 →
גַּ֧םgamalsoH1571 →
עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ'o.la.Lei.hachildren itsH5768 →
יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּye.ru.te.Shuthey were dashed in piecesH7376 →
בְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.Roshat [the] head ofH7218 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
חוּצ֑וֹתchu.Tzot[the] streetsH2351 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙nikh.ba.Dei.hahonored [people] itsH3513 →
יַדּ֣וּya.Duthey castH3032 →
גוֹרָ֔לgo.Rala lotH1486 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
גְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָge.do.Lei.hagreat [people] itsH1419 →
רֻתְּק֥וּru.te.Kuthey were boundH7576 →
בַזִּקִּֽים׃va.zi.Kimwith <the> fettersH2131 →

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Psalms 137:9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.Obadiah 1:11On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.Joel 3:3They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.Isaiah 13:16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.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.Job 6:27You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.2 Kings 8:12“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.Lamentations 4:1How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.Psalms 33:16–17No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.Amos 1:13This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.Isaiah 13:18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.Hosea 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.Ezekiel 7:23Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

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