Thematic Bible
Nahum 2:1 (show verse)
Man the fortifications!
Watch the road!
Brace
Summon all your strength!
Nahum 2:2 (show verse)
yes,
though ravagers have ravaged them
and ruined their vine branches.
Nahum 2:3 (show verse)
the valiant men are dressed in scarlet.
The fittings of the chariot flash like fire
on the day of its battle preparations,
and the spears are brandished.
Nahum 2:4 (show verse)
they rush around in the plazas.
They look like torches;
they dart back and forth like lightning.
Nahum 2:5 (show verse)
they stumble as they advance.
They race to its wall;
the protective shield is set in place.
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:6 (show verse)
and the palace erodes away.
Nahum 2:7 (show verse)
she is carried away;
her ladies-in-waiting moan
like the sound of doves,
and beat their breasts.
Nahum 2:8 (show verse)
from her first days,
but they are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
Nahum 2:9 (show verse)
There is no end to the treasure,
an abundance of every precious thing.
Nahum 2:10 (show verse)
Hearts melt,
knees tremble,
loins shake,
every face grows pale!
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:11 (show verse)
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled,
and the lion’s cub,
with nothing to frighten them away?
Nahum 2:12 (show verse)
and strangled prey for its lionesses.
It filled up its dens with the kill,
and its lairs with mauled prey.
Nahum 2:13 (show verse)
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
I will make your chariots go up in smoke
and the sword will devour your young lions.
I will cut off your prey from the earth,
and the sound of your messengers
will never be heard again.