Thematic Bible
Nahum 2:1 (show verse)
{One who shatters} has come up against you! Guard [the] fortification! Watch [the] road! Gird [your] loins! {Muster} all [your] strength!
Nahum 2:2 (show verse)
For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob like the majesty of Israel; for ravagers have ravaged them and ruined [their] branches.
Nahum 2:3 (show verse)
The shields of his warriors [are] dyed red; The powerful men [are] dressed in scarlet. The metal of the chariots [shines] like fire {on the day of battle}, and [their] spears quiver.
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 race madly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the public squares. Their appearance like lightning bolts, they dart about like flashes of lightning.
Nahum 2:5 (show verse)
He calls his officers; they stumble as they march; they rush to her wall; they set the covering in place.
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:6 (show verse)
The gates of the river are opened; the palace trembles.
Nahum 2:7 (show verse)
{Her goddess is taken out and taken into exile}; her maidservants moan like doves; they beat on their breasts.
Nahum 2:8 (show verse)
Nineveh [is] like a pool of water without its water. {As they flee}, [she cries,] "Stop! Stop!" But there is no one who turns back.
Nahum 2:9 (show verse)
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of {everything one could want}!
Nahum 2:10 (show verse)
Emptiness and plundering and devastation! Their hearts faint and their knees tremble, {All their loins shake} and all their faces {turn} pale.
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:11 (show verse)
Where [now] [is] the den of [the] lions and [the] cave of the fierce lions? There the lioness, the cub, and the lion once {prowled}, {and no one disturbed them}.
Nahum 2:12 (show verse)
The lion tore apart enough [prey] for his cubs, he strangled [prey] for his lioness; he filled {his lair} [with] prey and his den [with] mangled carcass.
Nahum 2:13 (show verse)
"Look! I am against you!" {declares} Yahweh of hosts. "I will burn her chariots {with fire}; the sword will devour fierce lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth; the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."