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2:2 For <03588> the Lord <03068> will restore <07725> the majesty <01347> of Jacob <03290>, as well as the majesty <01347> of Israel <03478>, though <03588> their enemies have plundered <01238> <01238> them and have destroyed <07843> their fields <02156>. 2:3 The shields <04043> of his warriors <01368> are dyed red <0119>; the mighty <02428> soldiers <0376> are dressed in scarlet garments <08529>. The metal fittings <06393> of the chariots <07393> shine like fire <0784> on the day <03117> of battle <03559>; the soldiers brandish <07477> their spears <01265>. 2:4 The chariots <07393> race madly <01984> through the streets <02351>, they rush back and forth <08264> in the broad plazas <07339>; they look like <04758> lightning bolts <03940>, they dash here and there <07323> like flashes of lightning <01300>. 2:5 The commander orders <02142> his officers <0117>; they stumble <03782> as they advance <01979>; they rush <04116> to the city wall <02346> and they set up <03559> the covered siege tower <05526>. 2:6 The sluice <05104> gates <08179> are opened <06605>; the royal palace <01964> is deluged and dissolves <04127>. 2:7 Nineveh is taken into <05927> exile <01540> and is led away <05090>; her slave girls <0519> moan <06963> like doves <03123> while they beat <08608> their breasts <03824>. 2:8 Nineveh <05210> was like a pool <01295> of water <04325> throughout her <01931> days <03117>, but now her people <01992> are running away <05127>; she cries out: “Stop <05975>! Stop <05975>!”– but no one <0369> turns back <06437>. 2:9 Her conquerors cry out: “Plunder <0962> the silver <03701>! Plunder <0962> the gold <02091>!” There is no <0369> end <07097> to the treasure <08498>; riches <03519> of every <03605> kind of precious <02532> thing <03627>. 2:10 Destruction <0950>, devastation <01110>, and desolation <04003>! Their hearts <03820> faint <04549>, their knees <01290> tremble <06375>, each stomach <04975> churns <02479>, each <03605> face <06440> turns <06908> pale <06289>! 2:11 Where <0346> now is the den <04583> of the lions <0738>, the feeding place <04829> of the young lions <03715>, where <08033> <0834> the lion <0738>, lioness <03833>, and lion <0738> cub <01482> once prowled <01980> and no one <0369> disturbed <02729> them? 2:12 The lion <0738> tore apart <02963> as much <01767> prey as <01767> his cubs <01484> needed <01767> and strangled <02614> prey to provide food for his lionesses <03833>; he filled <04390> his lairs <02356> with prey <02964> and his dens <04585> with torn <02966> flesh. 2:13 “I am against <0413> you!” declares <05002> the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>: “I will burn <01197> your chariots <07393> with fire <06227>; the sword <02719> will devour <0398> your young lions <03715>; you will no longer <03772> prey <02964> upon the land <0776>; the voices <06963> of your messengers <04397> will no <03808> longer <05750> be heard <08085>.”

• Nah 2:3-10 -- Prophetic Vision of the Fall of Nineveh
• Nah 2:11-12 -- Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion
• Nah 2:13 -- Battle Cry of the Divine Warrior

• Nineveh

  [ebd] First mentioned in Gen. 10:11, which is rendered in the Revised Version, "He [i.e., Nimrod] went forth into Assyria and builded Nineveh." It is not again noticed till the days of Jonah, when it is described (Jonah 3:3; 4:11)...
  [isbe] NINEVEH - nin'-e-ve (nineweh; Nineue, Nineui; Greek and Roman writers, Ninos): I. BEGINNINGS, NAME, POSITION 1. First Biblical Mention 2. Etymology of the Name 3. Position on the Tigris II. NINEVEH AND ITS SURROUNDINGS 1. It...
  [nave] NINEVEH Capital of the Assyrian empire, Gen. 10:11, 12. Contained a population of upwards of one hundred and twenty thousand when Jonah preached, Jonah 4:11. Extent of, Jonah 3:4. Seacherib in, 2 Kin. 19:36, 37; Isa. 37:3...
  

• Nahum

  [smith] (consolation). Nahum, called "the Elkoshite," is the seventh in order of the minor prophets. His personal history is quite unknown. The site of Elkosh, his native place, is disputed, some placing it in Galilee, others in Assy...
  [nave] NAHUM, one of the minor prophets. Prophesies against the Assyrians; declares the majesty of God and his care for his people, Nah. 1. Foretells the destruction of Nineveh, Nah. 2, 3.
  

• Assyria

  [isbe] ASSYRIA - a-sir'-i-a: I. GEOGRAPHY II. EARLY HISTORY III. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS IV. POPULATION V. TRADE AND LAW VI. ART VII. MECHANICS VIII. FURNITURE, POTTERY AND EMBROIDERY IX. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND SCIENCE X. GOVERNM...
  [nave] ASSYRIA An empire founded by Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-12; Mic. 5:6. It extended from east of the Tigris, Gen. 2:14; 10:11; possibly to Egypt, Gen. 25:18. Its armies invade the land of Israel under Pul, 2 Kin. 15:19; 1 Chr. 5:26; ...
  

• Prophecy

  [ebd] or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a "miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human sagacity to foresee, disce...
  

• Chariot

  [isbe] CHARIOT - char'-i-ot (merkabh, merkabhah, "riding-chariot," rekhebh, "war-chariot"; harma): 1. Chariots of Egypt 2. Chariots of the Canaanites 3. Chariots of Solomon and Later Kings 4. Chariots of the Assyrians 5. Chariots o...
  [nave] CHARIOT For war, Ex. 14:7, 9, 25; Josh. 11:4; 1 Sam. 13:5; 1 Kin. 20:1, 25; 2 Kin. 6:14; 2 Chr. 12:2, 3; Psa. 20:7; 46:9; Jer. 46:9; 47:3; 51:21; Joel 2:5; Nah. 2:3, 4; 3:2. Wheels of Pharaoh's, providentially taken off, Ex...
  

• Shield

  [ebd] used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Chr. 12:8, 24, 34; Isa. 22:6; Ezek. 39:9; Nahum 2:3). Used figur...
  [smith] The ordinary shield consisted of a framework of wood covered with leather; it thus admitted of being burnt. (Ezekiel 39:9) It was frequently cased with metal, either brass or copper; its appearance in this case resembled gold...
  [nave] SHIELD, defensive armor. Different kinds of, designated as buckler, shield, target, Psa. 35:2; Ezek. 38:4. Used by Saul, 2 Sam. 1:21; by the Benjamites, 2 Chr. 14:8; 17:17. Uzziah equipped the children of Israel with, 2 Chr...
  

• Huzzab

  [isbe] HUZZAB - huz'-ab (hutstsabh, only in Nah 2:7 the King James Version and the Revised Version margin): Its meaning is doubtful. According to Gesenius, it is a verb, Hoph. of tsabhabh, "flow," hence, to be rendered with precedi...
  [smith] (fixed), according to the general opinion of the Jews, was the queen of Nineveh at the time when Nahum delivered his prophecy. (Nahum 2:7) (B.C. about 700.) The moderns follow the rendering in the margin of our English Bible ...
  [nave] HUZZAB, probably a region E. of the Tigris, Nah. 2:7.
  

• STEEL

  [isbe] STEEL - stel: the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "brass" for "steel" in 2 Sam 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps 18:34; Jer 15:12, and "steel" for "torches" in Nah 2:3. See BRASS.
  [smith] In all cases were the word "steel" occurs in the Authorized Version the true rendering of the Hebrew is "copper." Whether the ancient Hebrews were acquainted with steel is not perfectly certain. It has been inferred from a pa...
  

• Media

  [ebd] Heb. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) "Madai," Gen. 10:2; (2) "Medes," 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; (3) "Media," Esther 1:3; 10:2; Isa. 21:2; Dan. 8:20; (4) "Mede," only in Dan. 11:1. We first hear of this peop...
  

• TORCH

  [isbe] TORCH - torch (lappidh; lampas; in the King James Version this word occurs only 4 times (Nah 2:3,4 (Hebrew 4,5); Zec 12:6; Jn 18:3). In the Revised Version (British and American) it is found 10 times (Gen 15:17; Jdg 7:16,20;...
  

• WHELP

  [isbe] WHELP - hwelp (gur, or gor; either absol. (Ezek 19:2,3,5; Nab 2:12); or constr. with 'aryeh, "lion" (Gen 49:9; Dt 33:22; Jer 51:38; Nah 2:11); also benelabhi', literally, "sons of a lioness," translated "the whelps of the li...
  

• Colors

  [nave] COLORS Symbolical uses of. Black A Symbol of Affliction and Calamity. Job 3:5; Job 10:20-22; Job 30:26; Psa. 107:10, 11; Psa. 143:3; Isa. 5:30; Isa. 8:22; Isa. 9:19; Isa. 24:11; Isa. 50:3; Joel 2:6, 10; Joel 3:14, 15; Amos...
  

• DOVE

  [isbe] DOVE - duv (tor, yonah; peristera; Latin Zenaedura carolinensis): A bird of the family Columbidae. Doves and pigeons are so closely related as to be spoken and written of as synonymous, yet there is a distinction recognized ...
  [smith] The first menton of this bird occurs in Gen. 8. The dove?s rapidity of flight is alluded to in (Psalms 55:6) the beauty of its plumage in (Psalms 68:13) its dwelling int he rocks and valleys in (Jeremiah 48:28) and Ezek 7:16 ...
  

• Lightning

  [isbe] LIGHTNING - lit'-ning (baraq, chaziz; astrape): Lightning is caused by the discharge of electricity between clouds or between clouds and the earth. In a thunder-storm there is a rapid gathering of particles of moisture into ...
  [nave] LIGHTNING, Job 28:26; 37:3; 38:25, 35; Psa. 18:14; 77:18; 78:48; 97:4; 135:7; 144:6; Jer. 10:13; 51:16; Ezek. 1:13, 14; Dan. 10:6; Nah. 2:4; Zech. 9:14; 10:1; Matt. 24:27; 28:3; Luke 10:18; Rev. 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18.
  

• Lintel

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. mashkoph, a projecting cover (Ex. 12:22, 23; ver. 7, "upper door post," but R.V. "lintel"); the head-piece of a door, which the Israelites were commanded to mark with the blood of the paschal lamb. (2.) Heb. kaphta...
  

• GOLD

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:5). (2.) Heb. segor, from its compactness, or as being enclosed or treasured up; thus precious or "fine gold" (1 Kings 6:20; 7:49). (3.) He...
  [smith] Gold was known from the very earliest times. (Genesis 2:11) It was at first used chiefly for ornaments, etc. (Genesis 24:22) Coined money was not known to the ancients till a comparatively late period; and on the Egyptian tom...
  

• TABERING

  [ebd] playing on a small drum or tabret. In Nahum 2:7, where alone it occurs, it means beating on the breast, as players beat on the tabret.
  [smith] an obsolete English word used in the Authorized Version of (Nahum 2:7) The Hebrew word connects itself with toph , "a timbrel." The Authorized Version reproduces the original idea. The "tabour" or "tabor" was a musical instru...
  

• PAINT

  [isbe] PAINT - pant (from Old French peinctre, frequentative of peindre, Latin pingo, "to paint"): (1) From Hebrew verb mashach, "to smear," "to anoint," "to paint," describing the painting of interiors with vermilion, perhaps rese...
  

• WORTHIES

  [isbe] WORTHIES - wur'-thiz ('addir, "majestic," "noble" (compare Jdg 5:13, etc.)):In Nah 2:5, the King James Version "He shall recount his worthies" (margin "gallants"), the English Revised Version "He remembereth his worthies," t...
  

• Scarlet

  [ebd] This dye was obtained by the Egyptians from the shell-fish Carthamus tinctorius; and by the Hebrews from the Coccus ilicis, an insect which infests oak trees, called kermes by the Arabians. This colour was early known (Gen. ...
  

• Nahum

  

• Have Automobiles and Airships Been the Subject of Biblical Prophecy?
  Nahum 2:4 has been quoted as referring to automobiles, but this appears to strain the meaning of the passage, which was written as a direct prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh. The verse describes the mad rush of those in ...

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