The shield of his mighty men is made red, [a]the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be as in the fire and flames in the day of his preparation, and [b]the fir trees shall tremble.

The chariots shall rage in the streets: they shall run to and fro in the highways: they shall seem like lamps: they shall shoot like the lightning.

[c]He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they go: they shall make haste to the walls thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:3 Both to fear the enemy, and also that they themselves should not so soon espy blood one of another to discourage them.
  2. Nahum 2:3 Meaning, their spears should shake and crash together.
  3. Nahum 2:5 Then the Assyrians shall seek by all means to gather their power, but all things shall fail them.

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