Nahum 2:6

The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

In Context

5And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.

7and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led away as doves moaning in their hearts.

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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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