Nahum 2:5 BSB — MannaFest

Nahum 2:5

He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

BSB

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ASV

He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

KJV

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He shall recount his worthies - The Assyrian king wakes as out of a sleep, literally, “he remembers his mighty men” (as Nah 3:18; Jdg 5:13; Neh 3:5); “they stumble in their walk,” literally, paths , not through haste only and eager fear, but from want of inward might and the aid of God. These whom God leads stumble not Isa 63:13. : “Perplexed every way and not knowing what they ought to do, their mind wholly darkened and almost drunken with ills, they reel to and fro, turn from one thing to another, and in all” labor in vain.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Nebuchadnezzar's commanders are here called his worthies, his gallants (so the margin reads it), his heroes; those he shall recount, and order them immediately and without fail to render themselves at their respective posts, for he is entering upon action, is resolved to take the field immediately, and to open the campaign with the siege of Nineveh.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But in vain; for they shall stumble in their walk--"they shall stumble in their advance" through fear and hurry. the defence shall be prepared--rather, the covering machine used by besiegers to protect themselves in advancing to the wall. Such sudden transitions, as here from the besieged to the besiegers, are frequent (compare Eze 4:2), [MAURER].

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יִזְכֹּר֙	yiz.Kor	he remembers	H2142 →
אַדִּירָ֔יו	'a.di.Rav	nobles his	H117 →
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ	yi.ka.she.Lu	they stumble	H3782 →
בַּהֲלִֽיכָתָ֑ם	va.ha.li.kho.tam	on journey their	H1979 →
יְמַֽהֲרוּ֙	ye.ma.ha.Ru	they hurry	H4116 →
חֽוֹמָתָ֔הּ	cho.ma.Tah	wall its	H2346 →
וְהֻכַ֖ן	ve.hu.Khan	and it is prepared	H3559 →
הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃	ha.so.Khekh	the cover	H5526 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
Nahum 3:3
Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—
leads to
- Ezekiel 39:4
  On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.
- Habakkuk 3:11
  Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- Isaiah 34:3
  Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
Through
Isaiah 21:5
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:11
  Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of…
- Jeremiah 51:57
  I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD…
- Jeremiah 51:39
  While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares…
Through
Jeremiah 46:12
The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
leads to
- Nahum 3:8–10
  Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
Through
Isaiah 5:27
None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
leads to
- Joel 2:7–8
  They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Nahum

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Nahum