Nahum 3:2

The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

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KJV

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

ASV

The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

YLT

The sound of a whip, And the sound of the rattling of a wheel, And of a prancing horse, and of a bounding chariot, Of a horseman mounting.

DBT

The crack of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the bounding chariots!

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Because emptying they have emptied them out and their branches. They destroyed the weapons of their power from among men, mighty men mocking in fire. The reins of their chariots on the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion in the ways, and the chariots shall be thrown into confusion and shall clash together in the broad ways; their appearance is like torches of fire and like lightnings running to and fro.

Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Twelve Minor Prophets, 444patristic

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(Chapter 3, verses 1 and following) Woe to the city of blood, full of deceit and torn apart. The plunder will not cease. The sound of the whip, the sound of the rattling wheel, the galloping horses and the blazing chariots, the ascending knight and the flashing sword, the gleaming spear and the multitude of the slain, and the weighty destruction. There is no end to the corpses.

Jerome· Commentary on Nahum, 420patristic

The noise of a whip,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

The noise (literally, voice) of the whip - There is cry against cry; the voice of the enemy, brought upon them through the voice of the oppressed. Blood hath a voice which crieth Gen 4:10 to heaven; its echo or counterpart, as it were, is the cry of the destroyer. All is urged on with terrific speed. The chariot-wheels quiver in the rapid onset; the chariots bound, like living things; the earth echoes with the whirling swiftness of the speed of the cavalry.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

The reader is transported into the midst of the fight (compare Jer 47:3). The "noise of the whips" urging on the horses (in the chariots) is heard, and of "the rattling of the wheels" of war chariots, and the "horses" are seen "prancing," and the "chariots jumping," &c.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Jeremiah 47:3
at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
Nahum 2:3–4
The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Judges 5:22
Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
Job 39:22–25
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
Nahum 2:4
The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
Ezekiel 26:7
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
Isaiah 9:5
For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
Ezekiel 23:24
They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards.
Isaiah 5:28
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
Joel 2:5
With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Isaiah 9:5
For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
  in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Ezekiel 39:8–10
  Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.
- Psalms 46:9
  He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Isaiah 30:33
  For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a…
- Isaiah 4:4
  when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
Through
Jeremiah 47:3
at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
leads to
- Judges 5:22
  Then the hooves of horses thundered— the mad galloping of his stallions.
- Jeremiah 8:16
  The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city…
- Deuteronomy 28:54–55
  The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,

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