Nahum 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

mighty men. mighty ones, or warriors. Compare 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Kings 1:10.

made red. reddened [with blood].

are in scarlet. [are clad] in scarlet, as were the armies of the Persians.

the chariots shall be... torches: or, with the flashing of steel the chariots [glitter].

fir trees. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the spears or lances made from them.

Nahum 2:3

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet:a the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.