Nahum 2:1-2

The Destruction of Nineveh

1 o The scatterer has come up against you.
p Man the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle; 1
collect all your strength.

2 For q the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and r ruined their branches.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:20
    You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:12
    Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:31
    And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 80:8 - 13
    You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
    Isaiah 5:1 - 7
    Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
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