Nahum 2:5

He remembers his nobles. They stumble in their march. They make haste to the wall of it, and the mantelet is prepared.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

In Context

4The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways. The appearance of them is like torches. They run like the lightnings.

6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:5They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink. Rise up, ye rulers, anoint the shield.

Jeremiah 50:29Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her round about; let none thereof escape. Recompense her according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her. For she has been p

Nahum 3:3the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble upon their bodies,

Habakkuk 1:8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. And their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from far. They fly as an eagle that hastens to devour.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 2:2-11

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 2 For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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