Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
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- Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
- Zephaniah 3:1–3 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
- Ezekiel 22:2–3 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 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.