Nahum 3:15
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Context
This verse from Nahum Chapter 3 connects to 7 cross-references. A woe against Nineveh the bloody city full of plunder. The chaotic battle scene gives way to the observation that Nineveh is like Thebes (No-Amon) who fell despite the rivers and the Ethiopian-Egyptian alliance. Nineveh's merchants are like locusts that …
Other Translations
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.
There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.
There the fire will make you waste; you will be cut off by the sword: make yourself as great in number as the worms, as great in number as the locusts.
Cross References
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the …
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every …
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm …
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the …
Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and …
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open …
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and …