MANNAFEST

The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

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ASV

The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

WEB

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

YLT

In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances are like torches, As lightnings they run.

DBT

The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.

About this book

Old Testament

NahumA century after Jonah, Nineveh is still Nineveh — and Nahum's burden is the city's destruction. Three short chapters of breathtaking poetry on the fall of Assyria's capital.

Author
Nahum the Elkoshite (1:1)
Date
Between 663 BC (the fall of Thebes, 3:8) and 612 BC (Nineveh's actual fall)

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