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Nahum 3

Nah. 3:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I am against thee, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
; and I will discover
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
thy skirts
shuwl (Hebrew #7757)
a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge
KJV usage: hem, skirt, train.
Pronounce: shool
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hang down
upon thy face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
, and I will show
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
thy nakedness
ma`ar (Hebrew #4626)
a nude place, i.e. (literally) the pudenda, or (figuratively) a vacant space
KJV usage: nakedness, proportion.
Pronounce: mah'-ar
Origin: from 6168
, and the kingdoms
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
thy shame
qalown (Hebrew #7036)
disgrace; (by implication) the pudenda
KJV usage: confusion, dishonour, ignominy, reproach, shame.
Pronounce: kaw-lone'
Origin: from 7034
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Ministry on This Verse

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I am.
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Nah. 2:13• 13Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. (Nah. 2:13)
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Ezek. 23:25• 25And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall cut off thy nose and thine ears, and thy remnant shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. (Ezek. 23:25)
I will discover.
Isa. 47:2‑3• 2Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers:
 3thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet none to stay me . … (Isa. 47:2‑3)
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Jer. 13:22,26• 22And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels have suffered violence.
 26Therefore will I also turn thy skirts over thy face, and thy shame shall be seen. (Jer. 13:22,26)
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Ezek. 16:37• 37therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all that thou hast loved, with all that thou hast hated,--I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. (Ezek. 16:37)
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Ezek. 23:29• 29And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; so that the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy fornications. (Ezek. 23:29)
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Mic. 1:11• 11Pass away, inhabitress of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitress of Zaanan is not come forth for the lamentation of Beth-ezel: he will take from you its shelter. (Mic. 1:11)
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Hab. 2:16• 16Thou art filled with shame instead of glory; drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and a shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. (Hab. 2:16)
• {v.5-7} Next follows the stern condemnation of Jehovah, who once spared but now would have Nineveh know that it was no mere jealousy of others, but His own resolve to disgrace her. (“Nahum 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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