Nahum 2:1
He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Psalms 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
Isaiah 14:6That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
Isaiah 29:8And as he that is hungry dreameth, and eateth, but when he is awake, his soul is empty: and as he that is thirsty dreameth, and drinketh, and after he is awake, is yet faint with thirst, and his soul is empty: so shall be the multitude of all the Gentiles, that have fought against mount Sion.
Jeremiah 25:9Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah 50:23How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!
Jeremiah 51:20Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms:
Matthew Henry on Nahum 2:1
We now come closer to Nineveh, that great city; she took, not warning by the destruction of her armies and the fall of her king, and therefore may expect, since she persists in her enmity to God, that he will proceed in his controversy with her. Here is foretold, I. The approach of the enemy that should destroy Nineveh, and the terror of his military preparations, ver. 1-5 . II. The taking of the city, ver. 6 . III. The captivity of the queen, the flight of the inhabitants, the seizing of all its wealth, and the… Read the whole commentary →