Nahum 2:6
\2:5\He takes the record of his great men: they go falling on their way; they go quickly to the wall, the cover is made ready.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
In Context
7\2:6\The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.
Cross References
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
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 →