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Nahum 3:17 Cross-References
Explore 2 cross-references for Nahum 3:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Nahum chapter 3 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.”
Nahum 3:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Nahum 3:17
Nahum uses locust imagery: 'Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are' (minzarayik katarbeh vetiphsarayik kegov govay hachonim bagederoth beyom qarah shemesh zarachah venodad velo-noda meqomo ayyam). Assyrian officials and military leaders, numerous as locusts, will disappear when judgment arrives like morning sun dispersing insects. Locusts gather in huge swarms but scatter and vanish quickly when conditions change. Similarly, Nineveh...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Nahum 3:17
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“blow the trumpet among the nations”
“and their faces were like people's faces.”