NET Bible
"Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!"
— Nahum 3:2, NET Bible
“The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.”
“The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots, ”
“The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,”
“The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the neighing horse; and of the running chariot, and of the horsemen coming up,”
“The noise of the whip, and the noise of thundering wheels; horses rushing and war-carriages jumping,”
“The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.”
Reason for Judgment: Sins of Nineveh Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!
The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.
Taunt against the Harlot City“Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute– a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery–
I am against you,” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms;