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Nahum 2:1 KJV
Nahum · chapter 2 · verse 1
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.Nahum 2:1 · King James Version
Nahum 2:1 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- munitionmᵉtsûwrâha hemming inH4694 →
- fortifyʼâmatsto be alert, physically or mentallyH553 →
- piecespûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figurativelyH6327 →
- strongchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- watchtsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
- loinsmôthenproperly, the waist or small of the backH4975 →
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Here is, I. An alarm of war sent to Nineveh, Nah 2:1. The prophet speaks of it as just at hand, for it is neither doubtful nor far distant: "Look about thee, and see, he that dashes in pieces has come up before thy face.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10