Nahum 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

Nahum 2:4

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

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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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The chariots shall rage in the streets,.... In the streets of Nineveh when taken; where they shall be drove in a furious manner from place to place, the men in them breathing out slaughter and death wherever they came. Kimchi understands this of the chariots of the Ninevites; who shall drive about in them in the streets of the city like madmen; not daring to go out to fight the enemy, being mightier and more numerous than they.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The chariots shall rage - Those of the besiegers and the besieged, meeting in the streets, producing universal confusion and carnage.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּֽחוּצוֹת֙	ba.chu.tzOt	in the streets	H2351 →
יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּ	yit.ho.Lu	they drive madly	H1984 →
הָרֶ֔כֶב	ha.Re.khev	the chariotry	H7393 →
יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּן	yish.tak.she.Kun	they rush around !	H8264 →
בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת	ba.re.cho.Vot	in the open places	H7339 →
מַרְאֵיהֶן֙	mar.'ei.Hen	appearance their	H4758 →
כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם	ka.la.pi.Dim	[are] like <the> torches	H3940 →
כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים	ka.be.ra.Kim	like <the> lightning flashes	H1300 →
יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃	ye.ro.Tze.tzu	they run around	H7323 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 19:1
  This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will…
Through
Isaiah 66:15
For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
leads to
- 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…
- 2 Peter 3:10–12
  But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid…
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9
  After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- Matthew 22:7
  The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
- Psalms 21:9
  You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
Through
Daniel 11:40
At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading…
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:13
  Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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