Nahum 2:3

כִּי שָׁב יְהוָה אֶת ־ גְּאוֹן יַעֲקֹב כִּגְאוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי בְקָקוּם בֹּֽקְקִים וּזְמֹרֵיהֶם שִׁחֵֽתוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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 terribly shaken.

In Context

2עָלָה מֵפִיץ עַל ־ פָּנַיִךְ נָצוֹר מְצֻרָה צַפֵּה ־ דֶרֶךְ חַזֵּק מָתְנַיִם אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ מְאֹֽד ׃

4מָגֵן גִּבֹּרֵיהוּ מְאָדָּם אַנְשֵׁי ־ חַיִל מְתֻלָּעִים בְּאֵשׁ ־ פְּלָדוֹת הָרֶכֶב בְּיוֹם הֲכִינוֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁים הָרְעָֽלוּ ׃

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:8גַּם ־ בְּרוֹשִׁים שָׂמְחוּ לְךָ אַרְזֵי לְבָנוֹן מֵאָז שָׁכַבְתָּ לֹֽא ־ יַעֲלֶה הַכֹּרֵת עָלֵֽינוּ ׃

Zechariah 6:2בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה הָרִֽאשֹׁנָה סוּסִים אֲדֻמִּים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָה הַשֵּׁנִית סוּסִים שְׁחֹרִֽים ׃

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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