Nah 3:5-6 | NETfull | STEP | I am against you,” declares the Lord who commands 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 who commands armies. ^{▼▼ Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts.” See the note on the expression “the Lord who commands armies” in 2:13.}
“I will strip off your clothes! ^{▼▼ Heb “I will uncover your skirts over your face.”} ^{▼▼ 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; ^{▼▼ Heb “detestable things”; KJV, ASV “abominable filth”; NCV “filthy garbage.”}
I will treat you with contempt;
I will make you a public spectacle.