For the Lord hath [a]turned away the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and [b]marred their vine branches.

The shield of his mighty men is made red, [c]the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be as in the fire and flames in the day of his preparation, and [d]the fir trees shall tremble.

The chariots shall rage in the streets: they shall run to and fro in the highways: they shall seem like lamps: they shall shoot like the lightning.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:2 Seeing God hath punished his own people Judah and Israel, he will now punish the enemies by whom he scourged them, read Isa. 10:12.
  2. Nahum 2:2 Signifying, that the Israelites were utterly destroyed.
  3. Nahum 2:3 Both to fear the enemy, and also that they themselves should not so soon espy blood one of another to discourage them.
  4. Nahum 2:3 Meaning, their spears should shake and crash together.

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