Nahum 2:13
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Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
In other translations
Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
Hebrew words
הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005אֵלַיִךְ'elayikh[am] against youH413נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635וְהִבְעַרְתִּיvehiv'artiand I will burnH1197בֶעָשָׁןve'ashanin <the> smokeH6227רִכְבָּהּrikhbahchariotry itsH7393וּכְפִירַיִךְukhefirayikhand young lions yourH3715תֹּאכַלtokhalit will consumeH398חָרֶבcharev[the] swordH2719וְהִכְרַתִּיvehikhratiand I will cut offH3772מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom [the] earthH776טַרְפֵּךְtarpekhprey yourH2964וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יִשָּׁמַעyishama'it will be heardH8085עוֹדodagainH5750קוֹלkol[the] voice ofH6963מַלְאָכֵכֵה׃ סmal'akhekhehmessengers yourH4397
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Related verses
- Psalm 46:9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Nahum 3:5Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
- Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- 2 Kings 19:23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
- Nahum 3:1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- Joshua 11:9And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
- Ezekiel 5:8Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- 2 Kings 19:9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
- Isaiah 49:24-2524 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered? 25 Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
- Nahum 3:12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
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