Nahum 2:6
“The gates of the riuers shall bee opened, and the palace shall bee dissolued.”
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Nahum 2:6 Context
4The charets shall rage in the streets, they shall iustle one against another in the broad wayes: they shall seeme like torches, they shall runne like the lightnings. 5Hee shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walke: they shall make haste to the wal thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared. 6The gates of the riuers shall bee opened, and the palace shall bee dissolued. 7And Huzzab shall be led away captiue, she shall be brought vp, and her maids shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, tabring vpon their breasts. 8But Nineueh is of olde like a poole of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand shall they cry: but none shal looke backe.
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Other Translations for Nahum 2:6
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
- King James Version
The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.
- Basic English Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.
- Darby Bible
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
- Webster's Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
- World English Bible
Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(2:7) The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Nahum 2:6
2:6 The gates - Of the city toward the river. The rivers - Of the Tigris, upon which Nineveh stood. Dissolved - While the Chaldeans besieged Nineveh, a mighty deluge overthrew the walls of Nineveh, by the space of twenty furlongs, through which breach the besiegers made their entrance. Dissolved - As if melted, it shall drop to pieces.