Nahum · 13 verses
Nahum 2
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Nineveh drains like a pool, and even the cry to stop cannot make anyone turn back.
The attack reaches the palacevv. 1–6
One who scatters advances against Nineveh, while its defenders are told to guard, watch, brace themselves, and summon their strength. Red shields, scarlet warriors, flashing chariots, and brandished spears fill the approach; nobles stumble towards the wall, and then the river gates open. The palace collapses with splendid brevity.
The city is emptiedvv. 7–10
The city is decreed for exile, and its maidservants moan and beat upon their breasts. Nineveh, once like a pool, now drains away while voices cry for the flow to stop; no one turns back. Then comes the remarkably brisk shopping list of the ruin: silver, gold, and an abundance of every precious thing, until the city is empty, desolate, and laid waste.
The lion’s lair is answeredvv. 11–13
The ruined city is suddenly imagined as a lion’s lair: lion, lioness, and cubs once prowled without fright, with dens full of prey. Against that old confidence comes the LORD of Hosts, who declares that the chariots will become cinders, the young lions will be devoured, the prey cut off, and the voices of the messengers silenced.
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Nah 2:1One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
Nah 2:2For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
Nah 2:3The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Nah 2:4The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
Nah 2:5He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
Nah 2:6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
Nah 2:7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
Nah 2:8Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
Nah 2:9“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
Nah 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
Nah 2:11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
Nah 2:12The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
Nah 2:13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 123 passages were voted onto 13 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Joel 3:9–11Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
- 12 Chronicles 25:8Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
- 1Jeremiah 51:20–23“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
- 10Joel 2:6Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.
- 10Daniel 5:6his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
- 10Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- 13Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- 13Nahum 3:5“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
- 13Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- 1Jeremiah 51:11–12Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
- 2Psalms 80:12–13Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
- 2Ezekiel 37:23They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- 5Jeremiah 46:12The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
- 7Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
- 7Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- 11Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.
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