Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
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- Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
- Zephaniah 3:1–3 Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God. Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
- Ezekiel 22:2–3 And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations. And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!