Nahum 2:9

Take the silver plunder, take the gold plunder, for there is no end to it, 1 to the splendor of all Nineveh's beautiful things. 1

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Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

In Context

8Nineveh is like a leaking pool of water, with its people fleeing away like rushing water. 1 Others shout, “Stop, stop,” but no one looks back. 1

10Nineveh is empty and ruined. Everyone's heart melts, everyone's knees strike together, 1 and anguish is in everyone; their faces are all pale. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:10In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent men and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable things from the house of Yahweh, and made Zedekiah, his relative, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 33:4Your spoil is gathered as the locusts gather; as locusts leap, men leap on it. 1

Jeremiah 46:5What am I seeing here? They are filled with terror and are running away, for their soldiers are defeated. 1 They are running for safety and are not looking back. Terror is all around—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1

Ezekiel 26:12They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your timber, and the rubble they will throw into the waters.

Nahum 2:12The lion tore his victims to pieces for his cubs; he strangled victims for his lionesses, 1 and filled his cave with victims, his dens with torn carcasses. 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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