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Nahum 2:5

Judgment

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.

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

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.

7 It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

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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
He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
KJV
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
WEB
He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
ASV
He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
DARBY
He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.
BLB
He summons his nobles, they stumble in their walk; they hurry [to] her wall, and the siege-cover is prepared.
ÅB
Han kommer i hu sine gjæve menn; de snubler under sin gang, de haster avsted til bymuren, men skjoldtaket er reist.
OTB
Han husker sine adelsmenn;
De snubler i sin marsj,
De skynder seg til hennes mur,
Og skjermtaket er forberedt.
B1930
Han kommer i hu sine gjæve menn; de snubler under sin gang, de haster avsted til bymuren, men skjoldtaket er reist.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 46:12

    The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”

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  • Jeremiah 51:27–28

    “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

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  • Isaiah 21:5

    They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

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  • Jeremiah 50:29

    Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 5:27

    None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

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  • Nahum 3:3

    Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—

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  • Nahum 3:18

    O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

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