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Nahum 3:18

O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

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ASV

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles are at rest; thy people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

KJV

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נָמ֤וּna.Muthey are slumberingH5123 →
רֹעֶ֙יךָ֙ro.'Ei.khashepherds yourH7462 →
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhO king ofH4428 →
אַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804 →
יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּyish.ke.Nuthey settle downH7931 →
אַדִּירֶ֑יךָ'a.di.Rei.khanobles yourH117 →
נָפֹ֧שׁוּna.Fo.shuthey are scatteredH6335 →
עַמְּךָ֛'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הֶהָרִ֖יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022 →
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
מְקַבֵּֽץ׃me.ka.Betz[is one who] gathers [them]H6908 →

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Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.Psalms 76:5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.Psalms 76:5–6The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.1 Kings 22:17So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.Jeremiah 50:18Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.Isaiah 13:14Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.Ezekiel 31:11I delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.Jeremiah 51:39While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.Nahum 2:5–6He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.Isaiah 56:9–10Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.Ezekiel 31:3–18Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.Ezekiel 32:22–23Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.Jeremiah 6:3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:Nahum 2:5He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

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