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 Living Translation (NLT)Even though the destroyer has destroyed Judah, the Lord will restore its honor. Israel’s vine has been stripped of branches, but he will restore its splendor.

Context of Nahum 2:2

1He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily. 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. 3The shields of his mighty men are made red, The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots come with flaming torches In the day of his preparation, And the spears are brandished. 4The chariots rage in the streets, They jostle one another in the broad roads; They seem like torches, They run like lightning.

Nahum 2:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath turned awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• the excellencyגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• for the emptiersבָּקַקbâqaq · to emptyH1238
• and marredשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• their vine branchesזְמוֹרָהzemôrâh zemôrâh zemôr · branchH2156

Cross-references for Nahum 2:2

• Isaiah 10:5“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’
• Zephaniah 3:11In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds In which you transgress against Me; For then I will take away from your midst Those who rejoice in your pride, And you shall no longer be haughty In My holy mountain.
• Genesis 49:22“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.
• Psalms 80:12Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
• Jeremiah 49:9If grape-gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, Would they not destroy until they have enough?
• Hosea 10:1Israel empties his vine; He brings forth fruit for himself. According to the multitude of his fruit He has increased the altars; According to the bounty of his land They have embellished his 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