Nahum 2:10

Take ye the plunder of kesef, take the plunder of zahav; 1 for there is no end of the treasures, 1 heaps of kol keli chemdah (every delightful vessel). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

In Context

9But Nineveh is like a pool of mayim; 1 and her mayim is draining away. 1 Stop, stop, shall they cry; 1 but no one turns back. 1

11She is empty, and void, and stripped; 1 and the lev melteth, 1 and the knees give way, 1 bodies tremble, 1 and the faces of them all grow pale. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:2And the earth was tohu vavohu (without form, and void); and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the face of the waters.

Psalms 22:14They opened wide their mouths upon me, 1 like an aryeh roaring and tearing prey. 1

Isaiah 13:19And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, 1 the tiferet ga'on Kasdim, 1 shall be as when Elohim overthrew 1 S'dom and Amora (Gomorrah). 1

Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; 1 tzirim (pangs) have taken hold upon me, 1 as the tzirim (pangs) of a woman in labor; 1 I was bowed down at the hearing of it; 1 I was dismayed at the seeing of it. 1

Isaiah 34:10It shall not be quenched lailah v'yomam; 1 the ashan (smoke) thereof shall go up l'olam (forever); 1 from dor to dor it shall lie desolate; 1 none shall pass through it l'netzach netzachim. 1

Jeremiah 30:6Ask ye now, and see 1 whether a zachar (male) doth travail with child? 1 Why do I see every gever 1 with his hands on his stomach, 1 like a woman in labor, 1 and all faces are turned deadly pale? 1

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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