Nahum 2:5

He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

In Context

4In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.

6Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:5Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield,

Jeremiah 50:29Summon unto Babylon archers, all treading the bow, Encamp against her round about, Let [her] have no escape; Recompense to her according to her work, According to all that she did — do to her, For unto Jehovah she hath been proud, Unto the Holy One of Israel.

Nahum 3:3And the flame of a sword, and the lightning of a spear, And the abundance of the wounded, And the weight of carcases, Yea, there is no end to the bodies, They stumble over their bodies.

Habakkuk 1:8Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.

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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