Nahum 3:13

Your troops are weak as women before your foes; the gates of your land are wide open; your defenses burned down.

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Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

In Context

12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; if shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

14“Draw water for the siege, strengthen your forts. Go to the clay pits and tread the clay; take up the brick moulds.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:16For he shattered the gates of bronze, and broke bars of iron.

Nahum 2:6The water-gates are thrown open, and the palace dissolves in ruins.

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 →

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