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Nahum 3:2

Judgment

1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

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

4 because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.

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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 crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
KJV
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
WEB
The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
ASV
The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,
DARBY
The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!
BLB
the voice of the whip, the voice of the rattling of the wheel, with galloping horse and bounding chariot!
ÅB
Smellende svepe og durende hjul og jagende hest og hoppende vogn,
OTB
Lyden av pisken,
Lyden av hjulenes bulder,
Galloperende hester
Og hoppende vogner!
B1930
Smellende svepe og durende hjul og jagende hest og hoppende vogn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 47:3

    at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.

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  • Nahum 2:3–4

    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.

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  • Judges 5:22

    Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.

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  • Job 39:22–25

    He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

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  • Isaiah 9:5

    For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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