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| '''v1''' The "[[flesh pots|bloody city]]"<Ref name="bloodycity">[[Jeremiah 26]]:15  But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
: Ezekiel 7:23  Make a chain: for the land is full of '''bloody''' crimes, and the city is full of violence.
: [[Ezekiel 9]]:9  Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of '''blood''', and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
: [[Ezekiel 22]]:2  Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the '''bloody city'''? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
: [[Ezekiel 22]]:3  Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
: [[Ezekiel 24]]:6  Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the '''bloody city''', to the pot whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it... 9  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the '''bloody city'''! I will even make the pile for fire great.
: [[Hosea 6]]:8  Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.</Ref> is a [[cauldron]] and is  associated with "Thy wife shall be an [[harlot]] in the city" we saw in [[Amos 7]]:17 but here Nahum says she "selleth nations through her whoredoms" '''v4'''
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| Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary v 1-7 "When proud sinners are brought down, others should learn not to lift themselves up. The fall of this great city should be a lesson to private persons, who increase wealth by fraud and oppression." Proverbs' '''[[One purse]]''' speaks of this greed for gain and the [[snare]] created by [[consent]] and the '''[[knife]]''' we should put tour throat if we have an [[appetite]] for the [[wages of unrighteousness|deceitful meats of the king]] and his ''husbandmen''<Ref name="hopper">{{01462}}</Ref>.
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| Because of a ''wellfavoured<Ref name="favoured">We see in the text  טֽוֹבַת TetVavBeit'''[[Tav]]''' instead of TetVavBeit <Br>{{02896}}<Br> </Ref> [[harlot]], and a [[whoredom]] that ''selleth nations'' and a [[Witchcraft]] that selleth ''families'' the whole [[world]] has returned to the [[bondage of Egypt]].
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| The [[YHWH|LORD]] is against this process because it [[corban|makes the word of God to none effect]] and while they are reduced to human resources/[[merchandise]] they are also [[Polybius|degenerate the people]] into [[perfect savages]]. Everything will be "laid waste".
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| The [[legal charity]] offered by rulers who call themselves [[benefactors]] and become the [[fathers]] of the earth offering the dainties [[sacrifice]]d to [[idols]] are the same as [[Cain]], [[Nimrod]], [[Pharaoh]] which all bring about the [[bondage of Egypt]].
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| Barnes' Notes tells us that the "[[flesh pots|city of bloods]]" told about in [[Habakkuk 2]]:12;<Ref>[[Habakkuk 2]]:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by [[iniquity]]! </Ref> and [[Jeremiah 22]]:13,<Ref>[[Jeremiah 22]]:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; </Ref> "as the prosperity of the [[world]]". 
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| The people become [[merchandise]] because of their [[covetous practices]].
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| The "shepherds slumber" because your ministers are asleep. Your rulers are the "of [[Assyria]]" and thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them."
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| You must choose to gather yourselves together as you [[repent]] and [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[righteousness]] by sitting down in the '''[[Network]]''' of [[Tens]] as Christ [[commanded]] and learn to [[love]] one another in [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[charity]] rather than the [[force]], [[fear]] and [[fealty]] of the [[wages of unrighteousness]] you and generations have pursued for a hundred years through those who work mischief through their [[Civil law|civil systems]] of [[legal charity]] like [[FDR]] and [[LBJ]].
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1 ¶ Woe to the '''bloody<Ref>But here we see [[Dalet]]MemYodMem instead of just DaletMem <Br>{{01818}}</Ref> city'''!<Ref name="bloodycity"></Ref> it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

2 
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

3 
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

4 Because of the multitude of the [[whoredom]]s of the wellfavoured<Ref name="favoured">We see in the text  טֽוֹבַת TetVavBeit'''[[Tav]]''' instead of TetVavBeit <Br>{{02896}}<Br> </Ref> [[harlot]], the mistress of [[witchcraft]]s<Ref name="sorcery">Instead of the normal KafShinPie we see KafShinPieYodMen only here in [[Nahum 3]] <Br> {{03785}}</Ref>, that selleth nations through her [[whoredom]]s, and families through her [[witchcraft]]s.<Ref name="sorcery">Instead of the normal KafShinPie we see KafShinPieYodMen only here in [[Nahum 3]] <Br> {{03785}}</Ref>

5 
Behold, I am against thee, saith the [[YHWH|LORD]] of hosts; and I will discover<Ref>{{01540}}</Ref> thy skirts	<Ref name="skirts">Normally the word skirt or hem is ShinVavLamed but here we see ShinVavLamed'''[[Yod]][[Kaf]]''' šū-la-yiḵ<Br>{{07757}}</Ref> upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy [[naked]]ness<Ref>Appears with an additional [[Kaf]] MemAyinReish'''Kaf'''<Br>{{04626}}</Ref>, and the kingdoms<Ref name="kingdom"> MemMemLamedKafHey  becomes '''[[Vav]]'''MemMemLamedKaf'''[[Vav]][[Tav]]'''   <Br>{{04467}}<Br></Ref> thy shame<Ref name="shame">KafLamedVavNun becomes  '''[[Kaf]]'''LamedVavNun'''[[Kaf]]'''<Br>{{07036}} </Ref>.

6 
And I will cast<Ref>ShinLamedKaf but here appears as '''VavHey'''ShinLamedKaf'''TavYod''' [[Nahum 3]]:6 and [[Jeremiah 7]]:15<Br>{{07993}}</Ref> abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile<Ref>Here NunBeitLamed meaning ''senseless and [[foolish]]'' with Nahum's VavNunBeitLamed'''TavYodKuf''' וְנִבַּלְתִּ֑יךְ suggests you have become [[perfect savages]]<Br>{{05034}}</Ref>, and will set thee<Ref>Here we find וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְ '''Vav'''ShinMem'''[[Tav]][[Yod]][[Kaf]]''' from the word ShinVavMem <Br>Also seen in [[Nahum 3]]:6, [[Isaiah 60]]:15 and [[Zechariah 9]]:13<Br>{{07760}}</Ref> as a gazingstock<Ref name="stock">From ReishAlefYod ([[07210]]) but is KafReishAlefYod only in Nahum</Ref>.

7 
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, [[Nineveh]]<Ref name="Nineveh">[[Nineveh]] was the capital of [[Assyria]] which is associated with [[Babylon]] and the [[bondage of Egypt]]<Br> {{05210}}</Ref> is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?


8 
Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

9 
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

10 
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

11 
Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

12 
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

13 
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

14 
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

15 
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm<Ref name="cankerworm">{{03218}}</Ref>: make thyself many as the [[cankerworm]]<Ref name="cankerworm">{{03218}}</Ref>, make thyself many as the [[locust]]s<Ref name="locust">{{0697}}</Ref>.

16 
Thou hast multiplied thy [[merchants of men|merchants]]<Ref>Nahum uses ReishKafLamed'''Yod[[Kaf]]''' which means "trafficker,"<Br>{{07402}}</Ref> above the stars of heaven: the [[cankerworm]]<Ref name="cankerworm">{{03218}}</Ref> spoileth, and flieth away.

17 
Thy crowned<Ref name="crowned"> {{04502}}</Ref>are as the [[locust]]s<Ref name="locust">{{0697}}</Ref>, and thy captains as the great [[grasshopper]]s<Ref name="grasshoppers">{{01462}}</Ref>, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

18 
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of [[Assyria]]: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

19 
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?

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