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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 2:11-12 -- 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...
  

• 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; ...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• TIGRIS

  [smith] is used by the LXX. as the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Hiddekel , and occurs also in several of the apocryphal books, as in Tobit, ch. 6:1, Judith, ch. 1:6, and Ecclesiasticus, ch. 24:25. The Tigris, like the Euphrates, ri...
  

• Cub

  [nave] CUB Gen. 49:9; Deut. 33:22; Lam. 4:3; Ezek. 19:2, 3, 5; Nah. 2:11
  

• Lion

  [nave] LION King of beasts, Mic. 5:8. Fierceness of, Job 4:10; 28:8; Psa. 7:2; Prov. 22:13; Jer. 2:15; 49:19; 50:44; Hos. 13:8. The roaring of, Psa. 22:13; Prov. 20:2. Strength of, Prov. 30:30; Isa. 38:13; Joel 1:6. Instincts o...
  

• War

  [nave] WAR Divine approval of, 2 Sam. 22:35. Civil, Judg. 12:1-6; 20; 2 Sam. 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1 Kin. 14:30; 16:21; Isa. 19:2; forbidden, 2 Chr. 11:4; averted, Josh. 22:11-34. Enemy harangued by general of opposing side, 2 Kin. 1...
  

• Palace

  [nave] PALACE For kings, 1 Kin. 21:1; 2 Kin. 15:25; Jer. 49:27; Amos 1:12; Nah. 2:6. Of David, 2 Sam. 7:2. Of Solomon, 1 Kin. 7:1-12. At Babylon, Dan. 4:29; 5:5; 6:18. At Shushan, Neh. 1:1; Esth. 1:2; 7:7; Dan. 8:2. Archives k...
  

• TABER

  [isbe] TABER - ta'-ber (taphaph, "to strike a timbrel" ((Ps 68:25)): The word is used only once in the King James Version, namely, in the exceedingly graphic account of the capture of Nineveh given in Nah 2:7. The queen (perhaps th...
  

• Dove, Turtledove

  [nave] DOVE, TURTLEDOVE Sent out from the ark by Noah, Gen. 8:8-11. Mourning of, Isa. 38:14; 59:11; Nah. 2:7. Domesticated, Isa. 60:8. Nests of, Jer. 48:28. Harmlessness of, typical of Christ's gentleness, Matt. 10:16. Sacrifi...
  

• Deportation

  [nave] DEPORTATION of Israel 2 Kin. 15:29; 16:9; 17:6; 18:11; 24:14; 25:11; Ezra 2:1; Neh. 7:6; Esth. 2:6; Isa. 5:13; 49:21; Jer. 1:3; 13:19; 22:12; 24:1; 27:20; 29:1; 39:9; 40:1; 43:3; 52:15; Lam. 1:3; 4:22; Ezek. 39:23; Hos. 10:5...
  

• PAIN

  [isbe] PAIN - pan (chul, chil, chebhel, chalah, chalchalah, ka'-ebh, ke'ebh, metsar, makh'obh, `amal, tsir; basanizo, ponos, odin): These words signifying various forms of bodily or mental suffering are generally translated "pain";...
  

• Nahum

  

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