Nahum 3:6

Nahum · Old Testament · Chapter 3

“And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.”Nahum 3:6

What Does Nahum 3:6 Mean?

Nahum 3:6 is found in the book of Nahum, chapter 3, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (18)

These passages are connected to Nahum 3:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Malachi 2:3“Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.”Malachi 2:9“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.”Job 9:31“Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.”Psalms 38:5“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.”Jeremiah 51:37“And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.”Job 30:8“They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.”Nahum 1:14“And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.”1 Corinthians 4:9“For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.”Hebrews 10:33“Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.”1 Kings 9:7“Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:”Job 30:19“He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.”Isaiah 14:16“They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;”Lamentations 3:16“He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.”Zephaniah 2:15“This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.”Malachi 2:2“If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.”Luke 15:15“And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.”1 Corinthians 4:13“Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.”Jude 1:7“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”

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