Nahum 3:13
Behold, thy people in the midst zof thee are women: athe gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: bthe fire shall devour thy bars.
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.
z:
Isaiah 19:16 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 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.
Jeremiah 51:30 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.
a:
Isaiah 45:1 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 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 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Nahum 2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
b:
Nahum 2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Nahum 3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Nahum 3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Psalms 147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
this may seem strange, but attend diligently, thou shalt see how this will be.
those thou hirest, and are thine for pay; those that are born thine, all thy warriors.
where very cowards use to be valiant, or where necessity makes cowards valiant, where they should show most valour.
weak, afraid, flee away, and hide themselves, Jer 48:41 41 30. God would fill them with terror, and they shall not dare to keep their gates shut against the enemy.
the cities, but especially the strong fortified frontiers which should keep out the enemy,
shall either through fear or treachery be opened, wide opened to admit the enemy.
Chaldeans, and their confederates.
when the enemy is thus admitted, he shall burn either the city or the gates and bars, he will never trust nor spare thee.
with which the gates were both shut and strengthened, 1Sa 23:7 Psa 147:13.