Nahum 2:6
The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.
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- Isa 45:1-2 : 1 This is what the LORD says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed: 2 “I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through.
- 2 Pet 3:10-11 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,
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26Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.
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7ז(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the LORD’s temple as if it were a feast day.
8ח(Khet) The LORD was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.
9ט(Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the LORD.
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12They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water.
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11Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.
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5The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.
6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,
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5So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’
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12The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble.
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13Your warriors will be like women in your midst; the gates of your land will be wide open to your enemies; fire will consume the bars of your gates.
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2Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter– one that remains trustworthy.
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9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
10He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city’s broken walls.
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7Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?
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11It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.
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16Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?
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22Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.
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10Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.
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18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’