Nahúm 2:10

10 Pronto la ciudad es saqueada, queda vacía y en ruinas.
Los corazones se derriten y tiemblan las rodillas.
La gente queda horrorizada,
con la cara pálida, temblando de miedo.

Nahúm 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Nahum 2:10

She is empty, and void, and waste
The city of Nineveh, empty of inhabitants, being killed, or having fled; and stripped of all its treasures and riches by the enemies; its walls and houses demolished and pulled down, and laid in ruins, and become a heap of rubbish; (See Gill on Nahum 1:8). Various words are here used to ascertain and confirm the thing; and there is an elegant play on words or likeness of sounds, which our language will not express: and the heart melteth;
the heart of every inhabitant of Nineveh melted with fear at the approach of their enemies, their entrance into the city, and plunder of it; flowed like water, or melted like wax; see ( Psalms 22:14 ) : and the knees smite together;
like people in a fright, and when a panic has seized them; and as it was with Belshazzar, ( Daniel 5:6 ) : and much pain [is] in all loins;
like that of women in travail; or of persons in a sudden fright, which gives them a pain in their backs at once: and the faces of them all gather blackness;
like a pot, as the Targum adds; being in great distress and disconsolation, which make men appear in a dismal hue, and their countenances look very dark and gloomy; see ( Joel 2:6 ) .

Nahúm 2:10 In-Context

8 ¡Nínive es como una represa agrietada
que deja escapar a su gente!
«¡Deténganse, deténganse!», grita alguien,
pero nadie siquiera mira hacia atrás.

9 ¡Roben la plata!
¡Saqueen el oro!
Los tesoros de Nínive no tienen fin,
su riqueza es incalculable.

10 Pronto la ciudad es saqueada, queda vacía y en ruinas.
Los corazones se derriten y tiemblan las rodillas.
La gente queda horrorizada,
con la cara pálida, temblando de miedo.

11 ¿Dónde está ahora la magnífica Nínive,
esa guarida repleta de cachorros de león?
Era un lugar donde la gente —como leones con sus cachorros—
caminaba libremente y sin temor.

12 El león despedazaba carne para sus cachorros
y estrangulaba presas para su leona.
Llenaba la guarida de presas
y sus cavernas con su botín.