He calls his officers; they stumble as they come forward; they hasten to the wall, and the mantelet is set up.
Nahum 2:6 - New Revised Standard Version The river gates are opened, the palace trembles. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The gates or dams of the rivers [surrounding and guarding Nineveh] are opened and the [imperial] palace [of sun-dried brick] is dissolved [by the torrents] and is in dismay. American Standard Version (1901) The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. Common English Bible The gates of the rivers are opened; the palace melts. Catholic Public Domain Version The gates of the rivers have been opened, and the temple has been pulled down to the ground. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground. |
He calls his officers; they stumble as they come forward; they hasten to the wall, and the mantelet is set up.
It is decreed that the city be exiled, its slave women led away, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.
Look at your troops: they are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your foes; fire has devoured the bars of your gates.