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Nahum 3:13

Judgment

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

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.

14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

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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 mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

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  • Jeremiah 50:37

    A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.

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  • Isaiah 19:16

    In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

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  • Nahum 2:6

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

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  • 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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  • Psalms 107:16

    For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

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  • Psalms 147:13

    For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

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