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Nahum 2:4

Judgment

2 For 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.

3 The 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.

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

5 He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
KJV
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
WEB
The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
ASV
The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Through the streets the chariots dash; they rush around in the squares; their appearance [is] like torches, like the lightning they run!
ÅB
På gatene raser vognene avsted, de styrter fram over torvene; de er som bluss å se til, som lyn farer de fram.
OTB
Vognene raser vilt i gatene,
De farer vilt på torgene;
Deres utseende er som fakler,
De farer hit og dit som lyn.
B1930
På gatene raser vognene avsted, de styrter frem over torvene; de er som bluss å se til, som lyn farer de frem.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 4:13

    Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

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  • Ezekiel 26:10

    His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

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  • Nahum 3:2–3

    The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

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  • Isaiah 66:15

    For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

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  • Daniel 11:40

    At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.

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  • Isaiah 37:24

    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

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