Nahum 2:5
The one who will dash you to pieces calls his officers; they stumble over each other in their march; 1 they hurry to attack the city wall. The large shield is made ready to protect these attackers. 1
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6The gates at the rivers are forced open, and the palace falls to ruins. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 21:5They prepare the table, they spread rugs and eat and drink; 1 arise, princes, anoint your shields with oil. 1
Jeremiah 50:29“Summon the archers against Babylon—all those who bend their bows. 1 Camp against her, and let no one escape. 1 Repay her for what she has done. 1 Do to her by the measure she has used. 1 For she had defied Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel. 1
Nahum 3:3There are attacking horsemen, 1 flashing swords, glittering spears, 1 heaps of corpses, great piles of bodies. 1 There is no end to the bodies; their attackers stumble over them. 1
Habakkuk 1:8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, quicker than the evening wolves. 1 So their horses stamp, 1 and their horsemen come from a great distance—they fly like an eagle hurrying to eat. 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 →