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Nahum 3:4

because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.

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ASV

because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

KJV

Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מֵרֹב֙me.Rofrom [the] abundance ofH7230 →
זְנוּנֵ֣יze.nu.Nei[the] prostitution<s> ofH2183 →
זוֹנָ֔הzo.Naha prostituteH2181 →
ט֥וֹבַתToatgood ofH2896 →
חֵ֖ןchengraceH2580 →
בַּעֲלַ֣תba.'a.Lata mistress ofH1172 →
כְּשָׁפִ֑יםke.sha.FimsorceriesH3785 →
הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶתha.mo.Khe.retwho sellsH4376 →
גּוֹיִם֙go.YimnationsH1471 →
בִּזְנוּנֶ֔יהָbiz.nu.Nei.haby prostitution<s> herH2183 →
וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹתu.mish.pa.Chotand clansH4940 →
בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃bikh.sha.Fei.haby sorceries herH3785 →

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Isaiah 47:9These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.Isaiah 47:12–13So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!Isaiah 23:17And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.2 Kings 9:22When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”Revelation 17:1–5Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.Ezekiel 16:25–29At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.Revelation 18:2–3And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.Isaiah 47:12So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!Isaiah 23:15–17At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!

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