Nahum 2:5

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The chariots race wildly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the squares. Their appearance is like torches, and they dart about like lightning.

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  • Jer 46:12 : 12 The nations have heard of your shame; the earth is filled with your cry. One warrior stumbles over another; both fall together.
  • Jer 50:29 : 29 Summon archers against Babylon, all who draw the bow. Encamp around her on every side, and let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Jer 51:27-28 : 27 Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts! 28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors, all their officials, and the whole land of their dominion.
  • Nah 3:3 : 3 Charging horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears—a vast number of slain, a heap of corpses with no end. People stumble over the dead bodies.
  • Nah 3:18 : 18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles lie down in slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
  • Isa 5:27 : 27 None among them grows tired or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loosened at their waist; no sandal strap is broken.
  • Isa 21:5 : 5 Prepare the table, set a watchman in the watchtower, eat and drink. Rise up, you princes, and anoint the shield!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Joel 2:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7They charge like mighty warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each marches in formation without veering off course.

    8They do not jostle each other; each proceeds in its path. They burst through defenses and are not halted.

    9They rush into the city, they run upon the walls. They climb into houses and enter through the windows like a thief.

  • Nah 2:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3For the LORD has restored the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel. Even though plunderers have ravaged them and destroyed their vines.

    4The shields of his warriors are stained red; his mighty men are dressed in scarlet. The chariots flash with fire as they are made ready, and the spears of cypress are brandished.

  • Nah 2:1
    77%

    1See, on the mountains, the feet of the one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows, for the wicked one will never again pass through you; he is completely cut off.

  • Ezek 26:9-12
    4 verses
    77%

    9'He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls, and he will demolish your towers with his weapons.'

    10'The dust from his many horses will cover you. The noise of the horsemen, the wheels, and the chariots will make your walls shake when he enters your gates like warriors entering a breached city.'

    11'With the hooves of his horses, he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will collapse to the ground.'

    12'They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. They will throw your stones, timber, and rubble into the sea.'

  • Nah 2:6
    76%

    6He summons his elite warriors, but they stumble on their way. They rush to the wall, and the siege device is prepared.

  • Isa 22:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5For the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, has ordained a day of panic, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, breaking down walls and crying out to the mountains.

    6Elam carried a quiver, along with chariots and horsemen. Kir laid bare the shield.

    7Your choicest valleys were filled with chariots, and the horsemen took their stand at the gate.

  • Joel 2:5
    74%

    5With the noise of chariots, they leap over the mountaintops, like the crackling of a blazing fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army arrayed for battle.

  • Isa 25:12
    74%

    12He will demolish the high fortress of your walls, bring it down to the ground, to the very dust.

  • Isa 2:15
    74%

    15It will come against every high tower and every fortified wall.

  • Lam 2:8
    73%

    8The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not turn back his hand from destroying. He caused rampart and wall to lament; they languished together.

  • Ps 55:10
    73%

    10Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

  • Zech 10:5
    72%

    5They will be like mighty warriors, trampling through the mire of the streets in battle. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses will be put to shame.

  • Isa 5:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27None among them grows tired or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loosened at their waist; no sandal strap is broken.

    28Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are drawn. The hooves of their horses are like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

  • Amos 5:9
    72%

    9He flashes destruction upon the mighty and brings ruin upon the fortified city.

  • Jer 1:18
    72%

    18Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

  • Zeph 1:16
    72%

    16It is a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers.

  • Isa 22:10
    72%

    10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore down houses to fortify the wall.

  • Nah 3:14
    71%

    14Draw water for the siege, strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold.

  • Hab 1:10
    71%

    10They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to capture it.

  • Isa 31:9
    71%

    9Their stronghold will pass away because of terror, and their officers will flee in panic at the signal. This is the declaration of the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

  • Dan 11:19
    71%

    19Afterward, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and not be found again.

  • Zech 12:5
    71%

    5Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength in the Lord Almighty, their God.’

  • Ezek 12:12
    71%

    12The prince who is among them will shoulder his belongings and leave in the darkness. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.

  • Isa 28:6
    71%

    6He will also be a spirit of justice for those who sit in judgment and a source of strength for those who turn back the battle at the gate.

  • 2 Chr 32:5
    71%

    5Hezekiah took courage and rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall. He built towers on it and constructed another wall outside it. He strengthened the Millo in the City of David and made plenty of weapons and shields.

  • Jer 5:16
    71%

    16Their quiver is like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.

  • Dan 11:15
    71%

    15So the king of the North will come and build siege ramps and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will have no strength to resist.

  • Mic 7:11
    71%

    11The day for rebuilding your walls will come; on that day, the boundary will be extended far and wide.

  • Jer 6:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Prepare for war against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day is waning and the shadows of evening are lengthening.

    5Arise, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!

  • Isa 26:1
    71%

    1On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city; salvation will God set as walls and ramparts.'

  • Jer 51:12
    70%

    12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon! Strengthen the guard, post the watchmen, prepare ambushes, for the Lord has planned and carried out what He purposed against the inhabitants of Babylon.

  • Isa 3:25
    70%

    25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

  • Ezek 21:20
    70%

    20So that hearts melt, and many stumble at all their gates, I have placed a glittering sword. It is made to flash like lightning and is prepared for slaughter.

  • Lev 26:37
    70%

    37They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from the sword, though no one pursues them. You will not be able to stand before your enemies.

  • Isa 33:7
    70%

    7Look, their valiant ones cry out in the streets; the messengers of peace weep bitterly.

  • Eccl 9:14
    70%

    14There was a small city with a few men in it, and a great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks around it.

  • Nah 3:2
    70%

    2The sound of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses, and jolting chariots.

  • Ezek 4:2
    70%

    2Build siege works against it, construct a ramp, set up camps around it, and place battering rams against it all around.

  • Prov 21:22
    70%

    22A wise person ascends the city of warriors and brings down the fortress in which they trust.