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Nahum 3:13

Judgment

11 You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

12 All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

14 Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!

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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
Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
KJV
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
WEB
Behold, your troops among you are women. The gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies. The fire has devoured your bars.
ASV
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.
DARBY
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are [as] women: the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire devoureth thy bars.
BLB
Behold, your people [are] women in your midst; the gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
ÅB
Se, det krigsfolk du har hos deg, er som kvinnfolk; ditt lands porter står vidt åpne for dine fiender; ilden har fortært dine bommer.
OTB
Se, dine soldater er som kvinner!
Portene til ditt land er vidåpne for dine fiender;
Ild fortærer dine portstenger.
B1930
Se, det krigsfolk du har hos dig, er som kvinnfolk; ditt lands porter står vidt åpne for dine fiender; ilden har fortært dine bommer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:30

    The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

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  • Jeremiah 50:37

    A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.

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  • Isaiah 19:16

    In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

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  • Nahum 2:6

    The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

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  • Isaiah 45:1–2

    This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

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  • Psalms 107:16

    For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

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  • Psalms 147:13

    For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.

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