Nahum 2:4

Chariots rush across the fields, storm through the squares; they flame like torches, they dart like lightening.

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The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

In Context

3The shields of his warriors are dyed red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet, his chariots gleam like fire on the day he prepares for battle spears are shaken.

5A leader rallies his nobles, they hurl themselves forward. They speed on toward the wall; the storming-shield is set up.

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Cross References

Nahum 3:2Hear the crack of the whip, hear the rattle of wheels. Galloping horses, jolting chariots.

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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