KJV King James Version
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Nahum 2:2
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
WEB World English Bible
For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.
ASV American Standard Version
For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As to the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.
Surrounding context — Nahum 2
1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.
2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men [are] in scarlet: the chariots [shall be] with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforשָׁ֤בH7725 · shuvto return: returnיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּא֣וֹןH1347 · ga.onprideיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobכִּגְא֖וֹןH1347 · ga.onprideיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforבְקָקוּם֙H1238 · ba.qaqbe luxuriantבֹּֽקְקִ֔יםH1238 · ba.qaqbe luxuriantוּזְמֹרֵיהֶ֖םH2156 · ze.mo.rahbranchשִׁחֵֽתוּ׃H7843 · sha.chatto ruin
Cross-references
Psalm 80:12-13Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?Ezekiel 37:23Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.Zephaniah 3:11In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.Isaiah 60:15Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through [thee], I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.Jeremiah 49:9If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some] gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.Isaiah 10:5-12O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.Hosea 10:1Israel [is] an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.Jeremiah 25:29For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.Genesis 49:22-23Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall:
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