# Nahum 2 ## Nahum 2:1 - [KJV] He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make *thy* loins strong, fortify *thy* power mightily. - [ASV] He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. - [YLT] Come up hath a scatterer to thy face, Keep the bulwark, watch the way, Strengthen the loins, strengthen power mightily. ### Notes on Nahum 2:1 - ## Nahum 2:2 - [KJV] For 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. - [ASV] For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches. - [YLT] For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As *to* the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred. ### Notes on Nahum 2:2 - ## Nahum 2:3 - [KJV] The 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. - [ASV] The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress *spears* are brandished. - [YLT] The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might *are in* scarlet, With fiery torches *is* the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble. ### Notes on Nahum 2:3 - ## Nahum 2:4 - [KJV] The 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances *are* like torches, As lightnings they run. ### Notes on Nahum 2:4 - ## Nahum 2:5 - [KJV] He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. - [ASV] He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. - [YLT] He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten *to* its wall, and prepared is the covering. ### Notes on Nahum 2:5 - ## Nahum 2:6 - [KJV] The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. - [ASV] The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. - [YLT] Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved. ### Notes on Nahum 2:6 - ## Nahum 2:7 - [KJV] And 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. - [ASV] And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts. - [YLT] And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts. ### Notes on Nahum 2:7 - ## Nahum 2:8 - [KJV] But Nineveh *is* of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, *shall they cry*; but none shall look back. - [ASV] But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, *they cry*; but none looketh back. - [YLT] And Nineveh *is* as a pool of waters, From of old it *is* -- and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning! ### Notes on Nahum 2:8 - ## Nahum 2:9 - [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. - [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. - [YLT] Seize ye silver, seize ye gold, And there is no end to the prepared things, *To* the abundance of all desirable vessels. ### Notes on Nahum 2:9 - ## Nahum 2:10 - [KJV] She 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. - [ASV] She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale. - [YLT] She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain *is* in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness. ### Notes on Nahum 2:10 - ## Nahum 2:11 - [KJV] Where *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? - [ASV] Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion *and* the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? - [YLT] Where *is* the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it *is* for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling. ### Notes on Nahum 2:11 - ## Nahum 2:12 - [KJV] The 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. - [ASV] The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin. - [YLT] The lion is tearing parts *for* his whelps, And is strangling for his lionesses, And he doth fill *with* prey his holes, And his habitations *with* rapine. ### Notes on Nahum 2:12 - ## Nahum 2:13 - [KJV] Behold, 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. - [ASV] Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah 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. - [YLT] Lo, I *am* against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers! ### Notes on Nahum 2:13 -