Nahum 3:15

Nahum 3:15 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

15There the fire will consume you;

the sword will cut you down—

they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.

Multiply like grasshoppers,

multiply like locusts!

15There fire will consume you,

The sword will cut you down;

It will consume you as the creeping locust consumes a crop.

Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,

Multiply yourself like the migratory locust.

15There fire will consume you,

The sword will cut you down;

It will consume you as the locust does.

Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,

Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.

15But there [in the very midst of these preparations] the fire will devour you;

The sword will cut you down;

It will devour you as the locust does.

Multiply yourself like the creeping locusts;

Multiply yourself like the swarming locusts.

15There the fire will devour you;

the sword will cut you down

and consume you like a young locust.

Make yourself many like the young locust;

make yourself many like the swarming locust!

15In spite of all your hard work,

fire will burn you up inside your city.

Your enemies will cut you down with their swords.

They will destroy you

just as a swarm of locusts eats up crops.

Multiply like grasshoppers!

Increase your numbers like locusts!