Nahum 3:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

Your army is weak. Fire has destroyed the crossbars on your city gates; now they stand wide open to your enemy.

Cross References

Jeremiah 51:30

The Babylonian soldiers have lost their strength and courage. They stay in their fortresses, unable to fight, while the enemy breaks through the city gates, then sets their homes on fire.

Isaiah 19:16

When the Lord All-Powerful punishes Egypt with his mighty arm, the Egyptians will become terribly weak and will tremble with fear.

Nahum 2:6

The river gates fly open, and panic floods the palace.

Jeremiah 50:37

Then your chariot horses and the foreigners in your army will refuse to go into battle, and the enemy will carry away everything you treasure.

Psalm 147:13

He makes your city gates strong and blesses your people.

Psalm 107:16

He breaks down bronze gates and shatters iron locks.

Jeremiah 50:36

This war will prove that your prophets are liars and fools. And it will frighten your warriors.

Nahum 3:15

You will still go up in flames and be cut down by swords that will wipe you out like a field attacked by grasshoppers. So, go ahead and increase like a swarm of locusts!

Obadiah 1:9

Warriors from the city of Teman will be terrified, and you descendants of Esau will be wiped out.

Nahum 2:7

Nineveh is disgraced. The queen is dragged off. Her servant women mourn; they moan like doves, and they beat their breasts in sorrow.