Nahum 2:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He calls his officers; they stumble as they come forward; they hasten to the wall, and the screen is set up.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:5

They prepare the table; they spread the rugs; they eat; they drink. Rise up, commanders; oil the shield!

Isaiah 5:27

None of them is weary; none stumbles; none slumbers or sleeps; not a loincloth is loose; not a sandal strap broken;

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry, for warrior has stumbled against warrior; both have fallen together.

Jeremiah 50:29

Summon archers against Babylon, all who bend the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her—for she has arrogantly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Nahum 2:6

The river gates are opened; the palace trembles.

Nahum 3:18

Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Nahum 3:3

Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, piles of dead, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies!

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, more menacing than wolves at dusk; their horses charge. Their horsemen come from far away; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.