Nahum 2:9

Judgment

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

⁸ Nineveh 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.

“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

¹⁰ She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

¹¹ Where 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?

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.

Compare

BSB: “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
KJV: Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
WEB: Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
ASV: Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.
DARBY: Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
BLB: “Plunder the silver, plunder the gold!” And there is no end to the provision—the worth of every precious article.

ÅB: Røv sølv, røv gull! For det er ingen ende på skattene, en overflod av allehånde kostelige ting!
OTB: Grip sølvet,
Grip gullet!
For det er ingen ende på skatten—
Rikdommer fra alle slags ønskelige gjenstander.
B1930: Røv sølv, røv gull! For det er ingen ende på skattene, en overflod av allehånde kostelige ting!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 26:12
They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
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Daniel 11:8
He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
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Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.
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Jeremiah 51:56
For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
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Nahum 2:12–13
The 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.
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Isaiah 33:4
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
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2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 33:1
Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
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