Nahum 2:6

The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

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Cross References

2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works 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 →

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