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Nahum 3:4 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Nahum 3:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Nahum chapter 3 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Nahum 3:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Nahum 3:4
Nahum depicts Nineveh as a prostitute: 'Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts' (merov zenunei zonah tovath chen ba'alath keshaphim). Sexual imagery describes political-military seduction—Nineveh made alliances, then betrayed them. 'Wellfavoured' (tovath chen) means attractive, charming—Assyria presented itself as desirable ally. 'Mistress of witchcrafts' (ba'alath keshaphim) suggests both literal sorcery (common in Mesopotamian religion) and metaphorical deception. The verse continues: 'that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Nahum 3:4
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“the loss of children”
“and with the multitude of your sorceries”
“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.”
“who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her”
“saying”
“saying”
“and have made your beauty an abomination”
“according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute.”