Nahum 3:13

13 Look at your troops— they are all weaklings. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed the bars of your gates.

Nahum 3:13 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
13 Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
NLT
13 Your troops will be as weak and helpless as women. The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy and set on fire and burned.
MSG
13 Face it: Your warriors are wimps. You're sitting ducks. Your borders are gaping doors, inviting your enemies in. And who's to stop them?
CSB
13 Look, your troops are women among you; the gates of your land are wide open to your enemies. Fire will devour the bars [of your gates].

Nahum 3:13 In-Context

11 You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are like fig trees with their first ripe fruit; when they are shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops— they are all weaklings. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed the bars of your gates.
14 Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!
15 There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down— they will devour you like a swarm of locusts. Multiply like grasshoppers, multiply like locusts!

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Isaiah 19:16; Jeremiah 50:37
  • 2. S Nahum 2:6
  • 3. S Isaiah 45:2
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