Nahum 3:5 - Exposition

I am against thee (see note on Nahum 2:13 ). The Lord will punish Nineveh with the utmost ignominy, treating her ("the whore," Nahum 3:4 ) like a harlot or adulteress. Thy skirts. The borders of the long flowing dress which added to her pomp (comp. Isaiah 47:2 , etc.; Jeremiah 13:26 ; Lamentations 1:8 ). Upon ( before ) thy face. So that thou mayst know thine own shame. I will show the nations. All men shall see what thou really art, like an adulteress haled before the congregation.