Nahum 2:6

Nahum 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
• New International Version (NIV)The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The river gates are opened; the palace melts away;
• New King James Version (NKJV)The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved.

Context of Nahum 2:6

4Chariots are racing madly through the streets, rushing this way and that in the city squares. They look like torches, like lightning, as they dart about. 5He remembers his best fighting men. They stumble over themselves as they march. They hurry to Nineveh’s wall. The shield has been set up for the battering ram. The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melts away. 7The Lord has determined: “It will be stripped. It will be carried away. Its young women will be mourning like doves as they beat their breasts.” 8Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on. But now its people are fleeing. “Stop! Stop!” But no one turns around.

Nahum 2:6 word by word

שַׁעֲרֵ֥י הַנְּהָר֖וֹת נִפְתָּ֑חוּ וְהַֽהֵיכָ֖ל נָמֽוֹג׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the riversנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• shall be openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• and the palaceהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: palaceH1964
• shall be dissolvedמוּגmûg · to meltH4127

Cross-references for Nahum 2:6

• Isaiah 45:1This is what the Lord says about Cyrus, his anointed one: I have held him by his right hand so he could conquer the nations ahead of him, strip kings of their power, and open doors ahead of him so that the gates would not be shut.
• 2 Peter 3:10The day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day heaven will pass away with a roaring sound. Everything that makes up the universe will burn and be destroyed. The earth and everything that people have done on it will be exposed.

Commentaries on Nahum 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The gates of the rivers shall be opened - I have already referred to this, see the note on Nahum 1:8; but it will be necessary to be more particular. The account given by Diodorus Siculus, lib. ii., is very surprising. He begins thus: ' ͅ , ... - "There was a prophecy received from their forefathers, that Nineveh should not be taken till the river first became an enemy to the city. It happened in the third year of the siege, that the Euphrates [query…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be disolved - All gives way in an instant at the will of God; the strife is hushed; no more is said of war and death; there is no more resistance or bloodshed; no sound except the wailing of the captives, the flight of those who can escape, while the conquerors empty it of the spoil, and then she is left a waste. The swelling of the river and the opening made by it may have given rise to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The rush to defend comes too late (Nahum 2:5). The defenses are already breached. Nineveh had a reservoir created by a double dam on the Khosr River, a tributary of the Tigris that flowed through the city. The reservoir was enhanced by a series of flood gates. The Greek historian Diodorus reported that a great amount of rain had already swollen the city’s river system. By first closing, then opening the flood gates, Nineveh’s attackers released the stored…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The gates of the rivers ... opened--The river wall on the Tigris (the west defense of Nineveh) was 4,530 yards long. On the north, south, and east sides, there were large moats, capable of being easily filled with water from the Khosru. Traces of dams ("gates," or sluices) for regulating the supply are still visible, so that the whole city could be surrounded with a water barrier (Na 2:8). Besides, on the east, the weakest side, it was further…Read the comment

Topics related to Nahum 2:6

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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