Jer 25:18-26, Nah 2-3, 1Cor 10:6, 11 | ESV | STEP | Jerusalem and the cities of Judah , its kings and officials , to make them a desolation and a waste , a hissing and a curse , as at this day ;

18 ^aJerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, ^bto make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 ^cPharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and ^dall the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of ^ethe land of Uz and all the kings of ^fthe land of the Philistines ( ^gAshkelon, ^hGaza, Ekron, and the remnant of ⁱAshdod); 21 ^jEdom, ^kMoab, and the sons of ^lAmmon; 22 all the kings of ^mTyre, all the kings of ⁿSidon, and the kings of the coastland across ^othe sea; 23 ^pDedan, ^qTema, ^rBuz, and all who cut ^sthe corners of their hair; 24 all the ^tkings of Arabia and all the kings of ^uthe mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of ^vElam, and all the kings of ^wMedia; 26 all the kings of ^xthe north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of ^yBabylon ^{▼▼Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon} shall drink.

Nahum 2

The Destruction of Nineveh

1 ^aaThe scatterer has come up against you.
^abMan the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle; ^{▼▼Hebrew gird your loins}
collect all your strength.
2 For ^adthe Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and ^aeruined their branches.
3 The shield of his mighty men is red;
^afhis soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
on the day he musters them;
the cypress spears are brandished.
4 ^agThe chariots race madly through the streets;
they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
they dart like lightning.
5 He remembers ^ahhis officers;
^aithey stumble as they go,
they hasten to the wall;
the siege tower ^{▼▼Or the mantelet} is set up.
6 ^akThe river gates are opened;
the palace ^almelts away;
7 its mistress ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered its mistress is uncertain} is ^anstripped; ^{▼▼Or exiled} she is carried off,
her slave girls ^aplamenting,
moaning like doves
and beating their breasts.
8 ^aqNineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away. ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
but ^asnone turns back.
9 Plunder the silver,
plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.
10 ^atDesolate! Desolation and ruin!
^auHearts melt and ^avknees tremble;
^awanguish is in all loins;
^axall faces grow pale!
11 Where is the lions’ den,
the feeding place of ^aythe young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, with ^aznone to disturb?
12 ^baThe lion tore enough for his cubs
and ^bbstrangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.
13 ^bcBehold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^bdI will burn your ^{▼▼Hebrew her} chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and ^bfthe voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.

Nahum 3

Woe to Nineveh

1 Woe to ^bgthe bloody city,
all full of lies and plunder—
^bhno end to the prey!
2 The crack of the whip, and ^birumble of the wheel,
^bjgalloping horse and ^bkbounding chariot!
3 Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and ^blglittering spear,
^bmhosts of slain,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies!
4 And all for the countless whorings of the ^bnprostitute,
^bograceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
and peoples with her charms.
5 ^bpBehold, I am against you,
declares the Lord of hosts,
and ^bqwill lift up your skirts over your face;
and I will make nations look at ^bryour nakedness
and kingdoms at your shame.
6 I will throw filth at you
and ^bstreat you with contempt
and make you ^bta spectacle.
7 And all who look at you ^buwill shrink from you and say,
“Wasted is ^bvNineveh; ^bwwho will grieve for her?”
^bxWhere shall I seek comforters for you?
8 ^byAre you better than ^bzThebes ^{▼▼Hebrew No-amon}
that sat ^cbby the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
and water her wall?
9 ^ccCush was her strength;
Egypt too, and that without limit;
^cdPut and the ^ceLibyans were her ^{▼▼Hebrew your} helpers.
10 ^cgYet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
^chher infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
for her honored men ^cilots were cast,
^cjand all her great men were bound in chains.
11 ^ckYou also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;
^clyou will seek a refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are ^cmlike fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, your troops
^cnare women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has devoured your bars.
14 ^coDraw water for the siege;
^cpstrengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
15 There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will ^cqdevour you ^crlike the locust.
Multiply yourselves ^cslike the locust;
multiply ^ctlike the grasshopper!
16 You increased ^cuyour merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
^cvThe locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17 Your ^cwprinces are ^cxlike grasshoppers,
^cyyour scribes ^{▼▼Or marshals} like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
18 Your shepherds ^daare asleep,
O king of Assyria;
^dbyour nobles slumber.
Your people ^dcare scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.
19 There is no easing your hurt;
^ddyour wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
^declap their hands over you.
For ^dfupon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?

1 Corinthians 10:6

6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as ^dgthey did.

1 Corinthians 10:11

11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but ^dhthey were written down for our instruction, ^dion whom the end of the ages has come.