The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.
Nahum 2:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay; More versionsKing 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. |
The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.
its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.
Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your foes; fire has devoured your bars.