Nahum 3:2
The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
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In Context
1Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery—no end to the prey.
Cross References
Judges 5:22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
Isaiah 9:5For all the armor of the armed man in the noisy battle, and the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
Joel 2:4Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.
Nahum 2:3The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:2-8
The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: 4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the… Read the whole commentary →