Nahum 3:13
Look! Your soldiers are women among you. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; the bars of the gates will be set on fire.
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Psalms 107:16For he breaks down the bronze doors, and cuts through the iron bars.
Isaiah 19:16At that time the Egyptians will become like women. They will shake with fear when the Lord Almighty raises his arm against them.
Isaiah 45:2I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will break down bronze gates and cut through iron bars.
Jeremiah 51:30Babylon's defenders have given up fighting—they're just sitting in their fortresses. They're worn out; they've become like frightened women. Babylon's houses are burning; the bars securing her gates have been smashed.
Nahum 2:6The river gates are opened; the palace washes away.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19
The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →