Nahum 2:5
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He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.

recount.

Isaiah 21:5 Prepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.

Jeremiah 50:29 Declare to many against Babylon, to all that bend the bow: stand together against her round about, and let none escape; pay her according to her work: according to all that she hath done, do ye to her: for she hath lifted up herself against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:27,28 Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations against her: call together against her the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the stinging locust. . . .

worthies.

Nahum 3:3 And of the shining sword, and of the glittering spear, and of a multitude slain, and of a grievous destruction: and there is no end of carcasses, and they shall fall down on their dead bodies.

Isaiah 5:27 There is none that shall faint, nor labour among them: they shall not slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.

Jeremiah 46:12 The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.

defence.

Context
The Overthrow of Nineveh
4They are in confusion in the ways, the chariots jostle one against another in the streets: their looks are like torches, like lightning running to and fro. 5He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 46:12
The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together.

Nahum 2:6
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.

Nahum 3:18
Thy shepherds have slumbered, O king of Assyria, thy princes shall be buried: thy people are hid in the mountains, and there is none to gather them.

Lexicon
He summons
יִזְכֹּר֙ (yiz·kōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

his nobles;
אַדִּירָ֔יו (’ad·dî·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 117: Wide, large, powerful

they stumble
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ (yik·kā·šə·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

as they advance.
בַּהֲלִֽיכָתָ֑ם (ba·hă·lî·ḵā·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1979: A walking, a procession, march, a caravan

They race
יְמַֽהֲרוּ֙ (yə·ma·hă·rū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4116: To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly

to its wall;
חֽוֹמָתָ֔הּ (ḥō·w·mā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

the protective shield
הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃ (has·sō·ḵêḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect

is set in place.
וְהֻכַ֖ן (wə·hu·ḵan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect


Additional Translations
He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.

He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.

He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten to its wall, and prepared is the covering.
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