Nahum 3:13

Hinei, thy troops in the midst of thee are nashim (women); 1 the gates of thy land 1 shall be set wide open unto thine enemies; 1 the eish shall devour thy (gate) bars. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 thy strongholds shall be like te'enim (fig trees) with the first ripe figs; 1 if they be shaken, 1 they shall even fall into the peh (mouth) of the ochel (eater). 1

14Draw thee water for the matzor (siege), 1 fortify thy strongholds, 1 go unto clay, and tread the mortar, 1 repair the brickwork. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 107:16For He hath broken down the dlatot nechoshet, 1 and cut asunder the bars of barzel (iron). 1

Isaiah 19:16In that day shall Mitzrayim be like nashim; and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the yad Hashem Tzva'os, which He shaketh against it.

Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, 1 and make straight the crooked paths; 1 I will break down the delatot nechoshet, 1 and cut through their barzel (iron) bars; 1

Jeremiah 51:30The Gibborim of Bavel have ceased to fight, 1 they have remained in their metzadot (strongholds); 1 their gevurah (might) hath failed; 1 they became as nashim; 1 they have burned her mishkenot (dwelling places); 1 her gate bars are broken. 1

Nahum 2:6He + 2:6 the Assyrian king shall remember his mighty ones; 1 they stumble in their walk; 1 they shall make haste to the chomah (wall) of it, + 2:6 Nineveh 1 and the defense shall be prepared. 1

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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