Nahum 2:4

In the streets, madly go the chariots, they rush along in the broadways,—their appearance, is like torches, as lightnings, hither and thither do they run.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

In Context

3The shield of his heroes, is made red, the men of war, are clad in crimson, on fire, are the chariot-steels, on the day he maketh ready,—and, the lances, are put in motion.

5Let him call to mind his nobles, they shall stumble as they go—let them hasten to her wall, yet the storming cover, is prepared.

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Cross References

Proverbs 31:21She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson:

Isaiah 66:15For lo! Yahweh, with fire, doth come, And like a storm-wind, [are] his chariots,—To render with fury, his anger, And his rebuke with flames of fire.

Ezekiel 26:10By reason of the multitude of his horses, their dust shall cover thee,— At the noise of horseman and wheel and chariot, shall thy walls tremble, when he entereth into thy gates Just as they do who enter a city broken open.

Nahum 3:2The sound of the whip, and the sound of the rushing wheel,—and horse galloping, and dancing chariot rattling along.

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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