Nahum 3:19 KJV
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Words Then and Now
- bruit a report; a rumor Still heard today: bruited about, rumored widely Webster’s 1828 · Bruit
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- thy, thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Its utter destructionStrong-holds, even the strongest, are no defence against the judgments of God. They shall be unable to do any thing for themselves. The Chaldeans and Medes...
Thompson Chains
- Wounds of SinSee the chain from Proverbs 6:33 · 5 links
- Wicked DespisedLast of 6 links
Parallel Passages
- Lamentations 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Lamentations 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Micah 1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
- Job 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
- Isaiah 37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
- Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
- Isaiah 10:6–14 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. …
- Isaiah 14:8–21 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. …
- Jeremiah 10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
- Jeremiah 30:13–15 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. …
- Ezekiel 25:6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
- Ezekiel 30:21–22 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. …
- Nahum 2:11–12 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? …
- Zephaniah 2:13–15 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. …
- Revelation 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
- Revelation 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
- Revelation 18:2–3 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. …
- Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
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Hebrew and Strong’s
- no healing אֵין ʾên Negative כֵּהָה kēhâ כֵּהָה Noun · feminine singular
- of thy bruise לְשִׁבְרֶךָ lĕšibrekā שֶׁבֶר Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
- thy wound מַכָּתֶךָ makkātekā מַכָּה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- is grievous נַחְלָה naḥlâ חָלָה Verb · niphal passive participle, feminine singular
- all that hear כֹּל kōl Noun · masculine singular construct שֹׁמְעֵי šōmĕʿê שָׁמַע Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural construct כִּי kî Conjunction
- the bruit שִׁמְעֲךָ šimʿăkā שֵׁמַע Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- of thee shall clap תָּקְעוּ tāqĕʿû תָּקַע Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- the hands כַף kap כַּף Noun · feminine singular
- over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness עָלֶיךָ ʿālêkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular עַל ʿal Preposition מִי mî Interrogative לֹא lōʾ Negative רָעָתְךָ rāʿotkā רַע Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- passed עָבְרָה ʿābĕrâ עָבַר Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
- continually תָּמִיד tāmîd תָּמִיד Noun · masculine singular
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