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Nahum 2:13

“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.”

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ASV

Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah 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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנְנִ֣יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
אֵלַ֗יִךְ'e.La.yikh[am] against youH413 →
נְאֻם֙ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
וְהִבְעַרְתִּ֤יve.hiv.'ar.Tiand I will burnH1197 →
בֶֽעָשָׁן֙ve.'a.Shanin <the> smokeH6227 →
רִכְבָּ֔הּrikh.Bahchariotry itsH7393 →
וּכְפִירַ֖יִךְu.khe.fi.Ra.yikhand young lions yourH3715 →
תֹּ֣אכַלTo.khalit will consumeH398 →
חָ֑רֶבCha.rev[the] swordH2719 →
וְהִכְרַתִּ֤יve.hikh.ra.Tiand I will cut offH3772 →
מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙me.'E.retzfrom [the] earthH776 →
טַרְפֵּ֔ךְtar.Pekhprey yourH2964 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִשָּׁמַ֥עyi.sha.Ma'it will be heardH8085 →
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750 →
ק֥וֹלKol[the] voice ofH6963 →
מַלְאָכֵֽכֵה׃ סmal.'a.Khe.khehmessengers yourH4397 →

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Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.Nahum 3:5“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 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 19:23Through 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.Ezekiel 21:3and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.Jeremiah 51:21With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.Ezekiel 5:8Therefore 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.Joshua 11:9Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.2 Kings 19:9Now 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,Nahum 3:1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.Isaiah 49:24–25Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?Ezekiel 13:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.Ezekiel 34:10This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’Jeremiah 46:14“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’Nahum 3:15There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!Ezekiel 26:3therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’Ezekiel 29:10therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

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