Nahum 2:3
For Hashem is about to restore the eminence of Ya'akov, 1 like the eminence of Yisroel; 1 for plunderers have plundered them, 1 and made their vine branches as shachat. 1
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Isaiah 14:8Indeed, the cypress trees rejoice over thee, 1 and the cedars of Levanon, saying, 1 Since thou art laid down, 1 no hakoret ([forest] cutter) is come up against us. 1
Ezekiel 23:14And that she increased her zonah harlotry; for when she saw anashim portrayed upon the kir (wall), the tzelamim (idol images) of the Kasdim (Chaldeans) portrayed in bright red,
Zechariah 6:2In the merkavah harishonah were red-brown susim; and in the merkavah hashenit susim shechorim (black horses);
Revelation 6:4And another sus (horse) went forth, a flame-red one, and to the one sitting on it was given him to take shalom from ha'aretz (the earth) with men slaughtering one another, and was given to him a cherev gedolah (great sword). + 6:4 Zech 1:8; 6:2
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 →