Nahum 2:1

He that breaketh in pieces hath come up over thy face, Keep the keeps,—watch the way, brace the loins, make vigour very firm.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2For Yahweh hath restored the excellency of Jacob, like the excellency of Israel,—for the plunderers have plundered them, and, their vine branches, have they marred.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:14Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;

Isaiah 14:6Smiting peoples in passion With stroke unremitting,—Trampling, in anger, on nations, Persecution unhindered.

Isaiah 29:8Yea it shall be As when the hungry man dreameth and lo! he is eating, But he awaketh, and his soul, is empty, Or as when the thirsty man dreameth and lo! he is drinking, But he awaketh and lo! he is faint and his soul, is craving, So, shall it be with the multitude of all the nations, that have come forth to war against Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 25:9Behold me! sending and fetching all the families of the North, Declareth Yahweh and Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon my servant, And I will bring them in against this land and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations, round about,—And I will devote them to destruction, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and age-abiding desolations.

Jeremiah 50:23How is cut and broken the hammer of all the earth! How hath Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Jeremiah 51:20A war-club, art thou for me, Weapons of war; Therefore will I Beat down with thee—nations, and Destroy with thee—kingdoms;

Matthew Henry on Nahum 2:1

We now come closer to Nineveh, that great city; she took, not warning by the destruction of her armies and the fall of her king, and therefore may expect, since she persists in her enmity to God, that he will proceed in his controversy with her. Here is foretold, I. The approach of the enemy that should destroy Nineveh, and the terror of his military preparations, ver. 1-5 . II. The taking of the city, ver. 6 . III. The captivity of the queen, the flight of the inhabitants, the seizing of all its wealth, and the… Read the whole commentary →

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