Nahum 2:2

Nahum 2:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For 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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and ruined their branches.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches.

Context of Nahum 2:2

1The one who scatters has come up against you. Man the fortress, watch the road; Strengthen your back, summon all your strength. For the Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob Like the splendor of Israel, Even though devastators have devastated them And destroyed their vine branches. 3The shields of his mighty men are colored red, The warriors are dressed in scarlet, The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel When he is prepared to march, And the cypress spears are brandished. 4The chariots race madly in the streets, They rush wildly in the squares, Their appearance is like torches, They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

Nahum 2:2 word by word

כִּ֣י שָׁ֤ב יְהוָה֙ אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּגְא֖וֹן יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֤י בְקָקוּם֙ בֹּֽקְקִ֔ים וּזְמֹרֵיהֶ֖ם שִׁחֵֽתוּ׃Read the interlinear

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will restoreשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• Even thoughכִּיkîy · forH3588
• devastatorsבָּקַקbâqaq · to emptyH1238
• destroyedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• their vineזְמוֹרָהzemôrâh zemôrâh zemôr · branchH2156

Cross-references for Nahum 2:2

• Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,
• Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I am beginning to work calamity in this city which is called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the Lord of hosts.’
• Zephaniah 3:11In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain.
• Genesis 49:22“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a spring; Its branches run over a wall.
• Psalms 80:12Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
• Jeremiah 49:9If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only until they had enough.
• Hosea 10:1Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he made; The richer his land, The better he made the sacred pillars.

Commentaries on Nahum 2:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For the Lord hath turned away - Bishop Newcome reads, for the Lord restoreth, by a slight alteration in the text. I do not see that we gain much by this. The Lord has been opposed to Jacob, and the enemy has prevailed against him. Emptied them out - Brought them from their own land into captivity. This was the emptying!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For the Lord hath turned away - (rather restoreth) the excellency of Jacob Speaking of what should come, as already come. For Nineveh falls, because God restores His people, whom it had oppressed. The restoration of God‘s favor to His Church is the season of His punishment of their enemies; as, again, His displeasure against her enemies is a token of His favor to her. When Herod was smitten by God, “the word of God grew and multiplied” Acts 12:24. A long…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The vine represents God's blessing to his people (Isaiah 27:2–6), while the stripped vine shows God's earlier punishment of them (Isaiah 5:1–7). The children of Israel were in a sad state compared to the days of the great kings David and Solomon. However, God promised to restore the splendor of his people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob--that is, the time for Nineveh's overthrow is ripe, because Jacob (Judah) and Israel (the ten tribes) have been sufficiently chastised. The Assyrian rod of chastisement, having done its work, is to be thrown into the fire. If God chastised Jacob and Israel with all their "excellency" (Jerusalem and the temple, which was their pre-eminent excellency above all nations in God's eyes, Psa 47:4; 87:2…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jacob
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Devour
• Empty
• Hole
• Justle
• Mightily
• Rage

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