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Nahum 3:5

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.

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ASV

Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

KJV

Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנְנִ֣יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
אֵלַ֗יִךְ'e.La.yikh[am] against youH413 →
נְאֻם֙ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
וְגִלֵּיתִ֥יve.gi.lei.Tiand I will uncoverH1540 →
שׁוּלַ֖יִךְshu.La.yikhskirts yourH7757 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פָּנָ֑יִךְpa.Na.yikhface yourH6440 →
וְהַרְאֵיתִ֤יve.har.'ei.Tiand I will showH7200 →
גוֹיִם֙go.YimnationsH1471 →
מַעְרֵ֔ךְma'.Rekhnakedness yourH4626 →
וּמַמְלָכ֖וֹתu.mam.la.Khotand kingdomsH4467 →
קְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃ke.lo.Nekhshame yourH7036 →

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Jeremiah 13:26So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.Jeremiah 13:22And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.Ezekiel 23:29They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuityNahum 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.”Ezekiel 16:37therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.Isaiah 47:2–3Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.Isaiah 47:3Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”Habakkuk 2:16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.Ezekiel 21:3and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.Micah 1:11Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.Ezekiel 23:25And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.Ezekiel 35:3and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.Isaiah 3:17the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”Ezekiel 28:22And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.Ezekiel 39:1“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.

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