Nahum 3:5-6

Context

3:5 I am against you,” declares the Lord who commands armies.¹

“I will strip off your clothes!²

I will show your nakedness to the nations

and your shame to the kingdoms;

3:6 I will pelt you with filth;³

I will treat you with contempt;

I will make you a public spectacle.

[3:5] ¹tn Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts.” See the note on the expression “the Lord who commands armies” in 2:13.

[3:5] ²tn Heb “I will uncover your skirts over your face.”

[3:6] ³tn Heb “detestable things”; KJV, ASV “abominable filth”; NCV “filthy garbage.”