Nahum 3:13
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee [are] women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
Behold, thy people {H5971} in the midst {H7130} of thee are women {H802}: the gates {H8179} of thy land {H776} shall be set wide {H6605} open {H6605} unto thine enemies {H341}: the fire {H784} shall devour {H398} thy bars {H1280}.
Look at your troops! They behave like women! Your country's gates are wide open to your foes; fire has consumed their bars.
Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.
Cross-References
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Jeremiah 51:30 (6 votes)
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. -
Isaiah 19:16 (5 votes)
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. -
Jeremiah 50:37 (4 votes)
A sword [is] upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that [are] in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword [is] upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. -
Nahum 2:6 (4 votes)
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. -
Isaiah 45:1 (3 votes)
¶ Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; -
Isaiah 45:2 (3 votes)
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: -
Psalms 107:16 (2 votes)
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
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