Nahum 2:4

Their chariots will dash through the streets of Nineveh and rush furiously through the plazas. Going as quick as lightning, they will resemble flaming torches.

Translation for Translators

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

3The shields of the enemy soldiers who are coming to attack you will shine red as the sun shines on them, and they will wear bright red uniforms. The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle, and their soldiers will lift up their cypress/pine spears and wave them.

5Meanwhile, your king will summon his officers who will stumble as they try to come quickly. They will dash to the city wall, holding their shields to protect themselves.

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Cross References

Proverbs 31:21She is not worried that the people in her house will be cold in the winter, because she has made warm clothes for all of them.

Isaiah 66:15Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots will come down like [SIM] a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish his enemies by burning them in a fire.

Ezekiel 26:10The king will have a huge number of horses, and the stamping of their hooves will result in the city being covered with dust. It will be as though the walls will tremble because of the noise made by the horses, the supply wagons, and the chariots when they enter the city where the walls have been broken down.

Nahum 3:2But now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh; listen to them cracking their whips, and listen to the rattle of their chariot wheels! Listen to their galloping horses and their chariots as they bounce along!

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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