Thematic Bible
Nahum 2:1 (show verse)
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Nahum 2:2 (show verse)
For Jehovah hath brought again the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel; for the wasters have wasted them, and marred their vine-branches.
Nahum 2:3 (show verse)
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots glitter with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished.
Armies » March in ranks » Uniforms of
Chariot » For war
Chariots » For war » Lighted by night with torches
Colors » Crimson, red, purple, and scarlet, symbols of various ideas » Conquest
Lamps » Used for lighting » Chariots of war by night
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Coming up of the babylonish armies against
Shield » Painted red
Shields » Before war » Often made red
Soldiers » Dressed in scarlet
Chariot » For war
Chariots » For war » Lighted by night with torches
Colors » Crimson, red, purple, and scarlet, symbols of various ideas » Conquest
Lamps » Used for lighting » Chariots of war by night
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Coming up of the babylonish armies against
Shield » Painted red
Shields » Before war » Often made red
Soldiers » Dressed in scarlet
Nahum 2:4 (show verse)
The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.
Nahum 2:5 (show verse)
He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:6 (show verse)
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.
Nahum 2:7 (show verse)
And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.
Nahum 2:8 (show verse)
Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.
Nahum 2:9 (show verse)
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
Nahum 2:10 (show verse)
She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:11 (show verse)
Where is now the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, and the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?
Nahum 2:12 (show verse)
The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Nahum 2:13 (show verse)
Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.