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Nahum 2:6

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The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

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Nahum 2:6 in other translations

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

Nahum 2:6 · American Standard Version

Nahum 2:6 in context

  1. 4The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
  2. 5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.
  3. 6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
  4. 7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
  5. 8But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back.