Nahum 3:2

The noise of the whip, and the noise of thundering wheels; horses rushing and war-carriages jumping,

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The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

In Context

1A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.

3Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:

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Cross References

Judges 5:22Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.

Isaiah 9:5For every boot of the man of war with his sounding step, and the clothing rolled in blood, will be for burning, food for the fire.

Joel 2:4Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.

Nahum 2:3\2:2\For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:2-8

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the… Read the whole commentary →

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