Nahum 2:4

The mogen (shield) of his gibborim is made red, 1 the anshei chayil (valiant men) are in scarlet; 1 the chariot shall flash like fire 1 in the day of its array, 1 and the spears shall be brandished. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

3For 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

5The chariot shall rage in the streets, 1 they shall jostle one against another in the rechovot, 1 they shall seem like flaming torches, 1 they shall dart about like the lightnings. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 31:21She is not afraid of the sheleg (snow) for her bais; 1 for all her bais are clothed with scarlet. 1

Isaiah 66:15For, hinei, Hashem will come with eish, 1 with His merkavot like the whirlwind, 1 to render His anger in fury, 1 His rebuke in flames of eish. 1

Ezekiel 26:10By reason of the abundance of his susim their dust shall cover thee; thy chomot (walls) shall shake at the noise of the parash (war-horse), and of the galgal (wheel), and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy she'arim, as invaders swarm into a breached ir.

Nahum 3:2The crack of the shot (whip), 1 and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, 1 and of the prancing susim, 1 and of the jolting merkavah (chariot); 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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