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Nahum 2:6

Judgment

4 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.

5 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.

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

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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 river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
KJV
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
WEB
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
ASV
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
DARBY
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.
BLB
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
ÅB
Portene ut mot elvene blir åpnet, og palasset forgår av angst.
OTB
Elveportene blir kastet opp,
Og palasset skjelver.
B1930
Portene ut mot elvene blir åpnet, og palasset forgår av angst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 45:1–2

    Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

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  • 2 Peter 3:10–11

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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