◄ Nahum 2:6 ►
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Good News Translation
The gates by the river burst open; the palace is filled with terror.

New Revised Standard Version
The river gates are opened, the palace trembles.

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

New American Bible
The river gates are opened, the palace is washed away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.

gates.

Isaiah 45:1,2 Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut. . . .

dissolved.

2 Peter 3:10,11 But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence and the elements shall be melted with heat and the earth and the works which are in it shall be burnt up. . . .

Context
The Overthrow of Nineveh
…5He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared. 6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.7And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts.…
Cross References
Nahum 2:5
He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.

Nahum 2:7
And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts.

Nahum 3:13
Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars.

Nahum 2:5
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