Thematic Bible
Nahum 2:1 (show verse)
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
Nahum 2:2 (show verse)
For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined 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 flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine 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 rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
Nahum 2:5 (show verse)
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:6 (show verse)
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
Nahum 2:7 (show verse)
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
Nahum 2:8 (show verse)
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back.
Nahum 2:9 (show verse)
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
Nahum 2:10 (show verse)
She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.
No Themes for this verse.
Nahum 2:11 (show verse)
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?
Nahum 2:12 (show verse)
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.
Nahum 2:13 (show verse)
"Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."