Nahum 3:13

See, the people among you are women; 1 the gates of your land have been opened wide to your enemies; 1 fire has devoured their bars. 1

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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 your fortresses will be like fig trees with the earliest ripe figs: 1 if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. 1

14Go draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses; 1 go into the clay and tread the mortar; 1 pick up the molds for the bricks. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 107:16For he has broken the gates of bronze 1 and cut through the bars of iron. 1

Isaiah 19:16In that day, the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the upraised hand of Yahweh of hosts that he raises over them.

Isaiah 45:2“I will go before you and level the mountains; 1 I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut in pieces their iron bars, 1

Jeremiah 51:30The soldiers in Babylon have stopped fighting; they stay in their strongholds. 1 Their strength has failed; they have become women—her homes are on fire, the bars of her gates are broken. 1

Nahum 2:6The gates at the rivers are forced open, and the palace falls to ruins. 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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