Nahum 2:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD All-Powerful, is against you, Nineveh. God will burn your chariots and send an army to kill those young lions of yours. You will never again make victims of others or send messengers to threaten everyone on this earth.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:17

The king of Assyria ordered his three highest military officers to leave Lachish and take a large army to Jerusalem. When they arrived, the officers stood on the road near the cloth makers' shops along the canal from the upper pool.

2 Kings 18:19

One of the Assyrian commanders told them: I have a message for Hezekiah from the great king of Assyria. Ask Hezekiah why he feels so sure of himself.

2 Kings 19:23

You let your officials insult me, the Lord. And here is what you have said about yourself, “I led my chariots to the highest heights of Lebanon's mountains. I went deep into its forest, cutting down the best cedar and cypress trees.

2 Kings 19:9

About this same time the king of Assyria learnt that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was on his way to attack him. Then the king of Assyria sent some messengers with this note for Hezekiah:

2 Chronicles 32:19

The officials talked about the LORD God as if he were nothing but an ordinary god or an idol that someone had made.

Psalm 46:9

God brings wars to an end all over the world. He breaks the arrows, shatters the spears, and burns the shields.

Jeremiah 21:13

Jerusalem, from your mountaintop you look out over the valleys and think you are safe. But I, the LORD, am angry,

Jeremiah 50:31

Babylon, you should be named, “The Proud One”. But the time has come when I, the LORD All-Powerful, will punish you.

Jeremiah 51:25

You destroyed the nations and seem strong as a mountain, but I am your enemy. I might even grab you and roll you off a cliff. When I have finished, you'll only be a pile of scorched bricks.

Ezekiel 13:8

So I am going to punish those lying prophets for deceiving the people of Israel with false messages.

Ezekiel 21:3

that I am about to punish them. I will pull out my sword and have it ready to kill everyone, whether good or evil.

Ezekiel 26:3

Because the people of Tyre have sung that song, I have the following warning for them: I am the LORD God, and I am now your enemy! I will send nations to attack you, like waves crashing against the shore.

Ezekiel 28:22

and tell its people: I, the LORD God, am your enemy! People will praise me when I punish you, and they will see that I am holy.

Ezekiel 29:10

Now I am turning against you and your river. Your nation will be nothing but an empty wasteland all the way from the town of Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, and as far as the border of Ethiopia.

Ezekiel 29:3

that I am saying: King of Egypt, you were like a giant crocodile lying in a river. You acted as though you owned the Nile and made it for yourself. But now I, the LORD God, am your enemy!

Ezekiel 35:3

and say to them: I, the LORD God, am now your enemy! And I will turn your nation into an empty wasteland,

Ezekiel 38:3

I, the LORD God, am your enemy,

Ezekiel 39:1

Ezekiel, son of man, condemn Gog and tell him: You are the ruler of Meshech and Tubal, but I, the LORD, am your enemy!

Ezekiel 5:8

Now all those nations will watch as I turn against you and punish you

Nahum 2:12

These are the same lions that ferociously attacked their victims, then dragged away the flesh to feed their young.

Nahum 3:1

Doom to the crime capital! Nineveh, city of murder and treachery,

Nahum 3:12

Your fortresses are fig trees with ripe figs. Merely shake the trees, and fruit will fall into every open mouth.

Nahum 3:15

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

Nahum 3:5

But I, the LORD All-Powerful, am now your enemy. I will pull up your skirt and let nations and kingdoms stare at your nakedness.

Joshua 11:6

The LORD told Joshua: Don't let them frighten you! I'll help you defeat them, and by this time tomorrow they will be dead. When you attack, the first thing you have to do is to cripple their horses. Then after the battle is over, burn their chariots.