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

Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh. Man the ramparts! Watch the roads! Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces! 2Even 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. 3Shields flash red in the sunlight! See the scarlet uniforms of the valiant troops! Watch as their glittering chariots move into position, with a forest of spears waving above them.

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 14:6You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.
• Jeremiah 25:9I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
• Jeremiah 50:23Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my battle-ax and sword,” says the Lord. “With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms.
• Nahum 3:14Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the defenses! Go into the pits to trample clay, and pack it into molds, making bricks to repair the walls.
• 2 Chronicles 25:8If you let them go with your troops into battle, you will be defeated by the enemy no matter how well you fight. God will overthrow you, for he has the power to help you or to trip you up.”
• Jeremiah 46:3“Prepare your shields, and advance into battle!
• Jeremiah 51:11Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes to march against Babylon and destroy her. This is his vengeance against those who desecrated his Temple.
• Joel 3:9Say to the nations far and wide: “Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors. Let all your fighting men advance for the 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

• Devour
• Empty
• Hole
• Justle
• Mightily
• Rage
• Raven
• Smite
• Tabor
• Dash

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