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Insects cluster on a shaded stone wall beside an abandoned shield, helmet and spear at dawn.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Nahum 3:17

Guards Vanish with the Sun

The City of Bloodshed Has No Comforter · Nahum 3

Story guide: The insects clustered on the cold wall illustrate Nahum’s comparison of guards and scribes with settling locusts.

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17Your guards are like locusts, and your scribes like swarms of locusts, settling on the walls on a cold day. The sun rises, and they fly away; no one knows where they are.

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