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Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents
3:5-7 The Lord Speaks a Word of Judgment. The seductive prostitute (i.e., Nineveh; see v. 4) will receive a punishment befitting her shameful trade. The figurative language dramatically conveys the message that God will bring Nineveh's wicked activity to an end and utterly humiliate the city by having it conquered and devastated. Its disgrace would be internationally known.
3:7 who will grieve for her? The answer to the rhetorical question is that no one will grieve or comfort, not even some of those who gave in to the enticements of the alluring prostitute (but had no real love for her). People will shrink back, or flee, in horror at the sight of what will happen to Nineveh.
