Nahum 3:4-6

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⁴All this happened because of Nineveh.
    Nineveh is like a prostitute who could never get enough.
    She wanted more and more.
She sold herself to many nations,
    and she used her magic to make them her slaves.

⁵The Lord All-Powerful says,
“I am against you, Nineveh.
    I will pull your dress^[a] up over your face.
I will let the nations see your naked body.
    The kingdoms will see your shame.
⁶I will throw dirty things on you
    and treat you in a hateful way.
    People will look at you and laugh.

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Footnotes

Nahum 3:5 pull your dress This is a wordplay in Hebrew. The Hebrew word also means “to destroy a country and take its people away as prisoners to other nations.”