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

(2:2) The watchmen of Nineveh shout: “An enemy who will scatter you is marching out to attack you!” “Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!” 2For the Lord will restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though their enemies have plundered them and have destroyed their fields. 3The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The metal fittings of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears.

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 14:6It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.
• Jeremiah 25:9So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.
• Jeremiah 50:23Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that ‘hammer’ has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!
• Jeremiah 51:20“Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms.
• Nahum 3:14Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!
• 2 Chronicles 25:8Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating.”
• Jeremiah 46:3“Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!
• Jeremiah 51:11“Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the Lord will get his revenge – how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple.
• Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach 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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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