Nahum 3:5-6

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.

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

2 tn Heb “I will uncover your skirts over your face.”

sn Strip off your clothes. In the ancient Near East, the typical punishment for a prostitute was to strip her of her clothes publicly to expose her to open shame, embarrassment, and public ridicule. Because Nineveh had acted like a prostitute, the Lord would punish her as a prostitute.

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