Nahum 2:10 “She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knee…”

Nahum 2:10

She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

World English Bible

She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

American Standard Version

She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

Geneva Bible 1599

She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorowe is in all loynes, and the faces of the all gather blackenesse.

Darby Translation

She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.

Young's Literal Translation

She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

Bible in Basic English

Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

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Cross references

“empty”

Isaiah 24:1 Zephaniah 2:13–15 Nahum 3:7 Isaiah 13:19–22 Isaiah 14:23 Isaiah 34:10–15

Isaiah 24:1 · BSB

Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

Zephaniah 2:13–15 · BSB

And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

Nahum 3:7 · BSB

Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”

Isaiah 13:19–22 · BSB

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 14:23 · BSB

“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Isaiah 34:10–15 · BSB

It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.

“the heart”

Psalm 22:14 Joshua 2:11 Isaiah 13:7 Isaiah 13:8

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Joshua 2:11 · BSB

When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

Isaiah 13:7 · BSB

Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.

Isaiah 13:8 · BSB

Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.

“the knees”

Daniel 5:6

Daniel 5:6 · BSB

his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.

“and much”

Jeremiah 30:6 Isaiah 21:3

Jeremiah 30:6 · BSB

Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

Isaiah 21:3 · BSB

Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

“and the faces”

Joel 2:6

Joel 2:6 · BSB

Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

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