Nahum 2:5

Good News Translation

The officers are summoned; they stumble as they press forward. The attackers rush to the wall and set up the shield for the battering ram.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:5

In the vision a banquet is ready; rugs are spread for the guests to sit on. They are eating and drinking. Suddenly the command rings out: “Officers! Prepare your shields!”

Isaiah 5:27

None of them grow tired; none of them stumble. They never doze or sleep. Not a belt is loose; not a sandal strap is broken.

Jeremiah 46:12

Nations have heard of your shame; everyone has heard you cry. One soldier trips over another, and both of them fall to the ground.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Tell the archers to attack Babylon. Send out everyone who knows how to use the bow and arrow. Surround the city and don't let anyone escape. Pay it back for all it has done, and treat it as it has treated others, because it acted with pride against me, the Holy One of Israel.

Nahum 2:6

The gates by the river burst open; the palace is filled with terror.

Nahum 3:18

Emperor of Assyria, your governors are dead, and your noblemen are asleep forever! Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to bring them home again.

Nahum 3:3

Cavalry troops charge, swords flash, spears gleam! Corpses are piled high, dead bodies without number— men stumble over them!

Habakkuk 1:8

“Their horses are faster than leopards, fiercer than hungry wolves. Their cavalry troops come riding from distant lands; their horses paw the ground. They come swooping down like eagles attacking their prey.