Nahum 2:1

Nahum 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
• English Standard Version (ESV)The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.

Context of Nahum 2:1

The one who will scatter you is coming to attack you. Guard your fortress! Keep a lookout on the road! Prepare for battle! Be very courageous! 2The Lord will restore Jacob’s glory like Israel’s glory, although enemies have looted it and have destroyed its vines. 3The shields of his warriors are painted red. His soldiers have red uniforms. The metal on his chariots flashes fiery red, so do the spears when they are waved on the day he prepares for battle.

Nahum 2:1 word by word

עָלָ֥ה מֵפִ֛יץ עַל־פָּנַ֖יִךְ נָצ֣וֹר מְצֻרָ֑ה צַפֵּה־דֶ֙רֶךְ֙ חַזֵּ֣ק מָתְנַ֔יִם אַמֵּ֥ץ כֹּ֖חַ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He that dasheth in piecesמֵפִיץpûts · scattererH6327
• is come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• before thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• keepנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• the munitionמְצוּרָהmetsûrâh metsûrâh · siege-worksH4694
• watchצָפָהtsâphâh · to watchH6822
• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• loinsמׇתְנַ֫יִםmôthen · loinH4975
• strongחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• fortifyאָמֵץ'âmats · to strengthenH553
• powerכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• mightilyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Nahum 2:1

• Isaiah 14:6They struck the people with fury, with blows that didn’t stop. They ruled nations in anger, persecuting them without restraint.
• Jeremiah 25:9so I’m going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, declares the Lord. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I’m going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
• Jeremiah 50:23The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations!
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my war club and my weapon for battle. I will use you to crush nations. I will use you to destroy kingdoms.
• Nahum 3:14Store water for the siege! Strengthen your defenses! Step into the claypits and trample the clay! Grab the brick mold!
• 2 Chronicles 25:8If you go into battle with them, no matter how courageous you are, God will use the enemy to defeat you, because God has the power to help you or to defeat you.”
• Jeremiah 46:3“Get your large and small shields ready; advance into battle.
• Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows; fill the quivers. The Lord will stir up the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his plan is to destroy Babylon. The Lord will avenge his temple.
• Joel 3:9Announce this among the nations: Prepare yourselves for war. Wake up the warriors. Have all the warriors come near and attack.

Commentaries on Nahum 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1He that dasheth in pieces - Or scattereth. The Chaldeans and Medes. Keep the munition - Guard the fenced places. From this to the end of the fifth verse, the preparations made at Nineveh to repel their enemies are described. The description is exceedingly picturesque. Watch the way - By which the enemy is most likely to approach. Make thy loins strong - Take courage. Fortify thy power - Muster thy troops; call in all thy allies.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1He that dasheth in pieces - Rather, “the Disperser,” the instrument of God, whereby he should “break her in pieces like a potter‘s vessel, or should scatter” her in all lands, is come up against thy face, O Nineveh, i. e., either, over against thee”, confronting her as it were, face to face, or directed against thee. From the description of the peace of Judah, the prophet turns suddenly to her oppressor, to whom, not to Judah, the rest of the prophecy is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Nineveh's destruction foretold. (1-10) The true cause, their sinning against God, and his appearing against them. (11-13) Verses 1-10 Nineveh shall not put aside this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. Particular account is given of the terrors wherein the invading enemy shall appear against Nineveh. The empire of Assyria is represented as a queen, about to be led captive to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Even if Nineveh's defenders prepared with walls, roads, defenses, and forces, they were destined to fail (Nahum 1:1–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131. He that dasheth in pieces--God's "battle axe," wherewith He "breaks in pieces" His enemies. Jr 51:20 applies the same Hebrew term to Nebuchadnezzar (compare Pr 25:18; Jr 50:23, "the hammer of the whole earth"). Here the Medo-Babylonian army under Cyaxares and Nabopolassar, that destroyed Nineveh, is prophetically meant. before thy face--before Nineveh. Openly, so that the work of God may be manifest. watch the way--by which the foe will attack, so as…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 2:1

• Armies
• Munitions
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

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• Smite
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Commentaries on Nahum 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings