Nahum 2

Nahum · Chapter 2

Nahum 2:4

1He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.4The 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.5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.7And 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.8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.9Take 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.10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
4The 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.The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
in the streetsבַּֽחוּצוֹת֙ba-chu-tzOtH2351
outside

חוּץ (chuts) outside, outward, street, the outside

they drive madlyיִתְהוֹלְל֣וּyit-ho-LUH1984INo entry
the chariotryהָרֶ֔כֶבha-RE-khevH7393G
chariot

רֶ֫כֶב (re.khev) : chariot 1) a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders 1a) chariotry, chariots 1b) chariot (single) 1c) upper millstone (as riding on lower millstone) 1d) riders, troop (of riders), horsemen, pair of horsemen, men riding, ass-riders, camel-riders Also means: re.khev (רֶ֫כֶב ": millstone" H7393H)

they rush around !יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּןyish-tak-she-KUNH8264
to rush

שָׁקַק (sha.qaq) 1) to run, run about, rush, run to and fro, be eager or greedy or thirsty 1a) (Qal) roving, ranging, longing, rush out upon (participle) 1b) (Hithpalpel) to rush to and fro, rush back and forth

in the open placesבָּרְחֹב֑וֹתba-re-cho-VOTH7339
street/plaza

רְחוֹב (re.chov) broad or open place or plaza

appearance theirמַרְאֵיהֶן֙mar-'ei-HENH4758
appearance

מַרְאֶה (mar.eh) 1) sight, appearance, vision 1a) sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision 1b) what is seen 1c) a vision (supernatural) 1d) sight, vision (power of seeing)

[are] like the torchesכַּלַּפִּידִ֔םka-la-pi-DIMH3940
torch

לַפִּיד (lap.pid) torch

like the lightning flashesכַּבְּרָקִ֖יםka-be-ra-KIMH1300B
lightning

בָּרָק (ba.raq) 1) lightning 1a) lightnings, lightning flashes 1b) of flashing arrow-head (fig.)

they run aroundיְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃ye-ro-TZE-tzuH7323G
to run: run

רוּץ (ruts) : run/runner/messenger 1) to run 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to run 1a2) runners (participle as subst) 1b) (Polel) to run swiftly, dart 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring or move quickly, hurry 1c2) to drive away from, cause to run away

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.