Nahum 2:6

The river gates are opened; the palace washes away.

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In The King James Version

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

In Context

5He shouts orders to his officers. They stumble as they rush to attack the wall. The battering ram is set up.

7“Queen” Nineveh is stripped, and led away into exile, with her servant girls mourning like doves, and beating their breasts.

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Cross References

2 Peter 3:10However, the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly like a thief. The heavens will explode with a thunderous roar, and the elements will be destroyed as they are burned up. The earth and everything in it will vanish.

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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