Nahum 3 in the early church
7 passages quote, allude to, or echo Nahum 3, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 4 · 5 · 8 · 16 · 19
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nah 3:1 | Demonstration 19.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Nah 3:1 | Letter 53.8 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Nahum 3:4
because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nah 3:4 | The Instructor 1.9.81 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
Nahum 3:5
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nah 3:5 | Letter 96.13 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Nahum 3:8
Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nah 3:8 | Letter 108.14 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Nahum 3:16
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nah 3:16 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
Nahum 3:19
There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nah 3:19 | Book of Rules 4 · Tyconius | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |