Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.
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- Habakkuk 2:12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
- Zephaniah 3:1–3 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city! She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in Yahweh. She didn’t draw near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
- Ezekiel 22:2–3 “You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations. You shall say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!