KJV King James Version
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
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Nahum 2:6
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
WEB World English Bible
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
ASV American Standard Version
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
Surrounding context — Nahum 2
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.
6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead [her] as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8 But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.
9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for [there is] none end of the store [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
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Isaiah 45:1-2Thus 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;2 Peter 3:10-11But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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