Nahum 2:1

Hinei, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth Besorah (Good News), 1 that publisheth Shalom! 1 O Yehudah, keep thy chagim, 1 fulfill thy nedarim; 1 for the Beliya'al shall no more pass through thee; 1 he is utterly cut off. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2A shatterer + 2:2 Ninevehʼs overpowering enemy is come up before thy face [O Nineveh]; 1 guard thy fortress, watch the derech, 1 fortify thy loins, marshal all thy koach (power). 1

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Cross References

Psalms 50:14Sacrifice unto Elohim todah; 1 and pay thy nedarim (vows, pledges) unto Elyon; 1

Isaiah 14:6Which struck the peoples in wrath 1 with makkat bilti sarah (a continual stroke), 1 which ruled the Goyim in anger, 1 with unrestrained aggression. 1

Isaiah 29:8It shall even be 1 as when a hungry man hath a chalom, and, hinei, he eateth; 1 but he awaketh, and his nefesh is empty; 1 or as when a thirsty man hath a chalom, and, hinei, he drinketh; 1 but he awaketh, and, hinei, he is faint, 1 and his nefesh still thirsts; 1 so shall the multitude of kol HaGoyim be, 1 that fight against Har Tziyon. 1

Jeremiah 25:9Hinei, I will send and take all the mishpekhot of the tzafon (north), saith Hashem, and Avdi Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these Goyim all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 50:23How is the patish (hammer) 1 of kol ha'aretz (the whole earth) shattered and broken! 1 How is Bavel become a desolation among the Goyim! 1

Jeremiah 51:20Thou art my battle ax and klei milchamah (weapons of war); 1 for with thee will I break in pieces the Goyim, 1 and with thee will I destroy mamlechot (kingdoms); 1

Matthew Henry on Nahum 2:1

We now come closer to Nineveh, that great city; she took, not warning by the destruction of her armies and the fall of her king, and therefore may expect, since she persists in her enmity to God, that he will proceed in his controversy with her. Here is foretold, I. The approach of the enemy that should destroy Nineveh, and the terror of his military preparations, ver. 1-5 . II. The taking of the city, ver. 6 . III. The captivity of the queen, the flight of the inhabitants, the seizing of all its wealth, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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