Nah 3:5-6 | NET2full | STEP | “I am against you,” declares the Lord of Heaven’s Armies . “I will strip off your clothes ! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms .

‏ Nahum 3:5-6

5 “I am against you,” declares the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. ^{▼▼tn Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts.” See the note at 2:13.}
“I will strip off your clothes! ^{▼▼tn Heb “I will uncover your skirts over your face.”} ^{▼▼sn Strip off your clothes. In the ancient Near East, the typical punishment for a prostitute was to strip her of her clothes publicly to expose her to open shame, embarrassment, and public ridicule. Because Nineveh had acted like a prostitute, the Lord would punish her as a prostitute.}
I will show your nakedness to the nations
and your shame to the kingdoms.
6 I will pelt you with filth; ^{▼▼tn Heb “detestable things”; KJV, ASV “abominable filth”; NCV “filthy garbage.”}
I will treat you with contempt;
I will make you a public spectacle.