Nahum 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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.

Ver. 4. The chariots shall rage in the streets] Shall run so fast, as if they were mad that drove them.

They shall jostle one against another] Coxabunt, they shall smite side to side, through haste and heat of fighting.

They shall seem like torches] Heb. Their aspect is as of torches; fire sparkleth out of their eyes that are in them; they look upon the Assyrians, as if they would look through them.

They shall run like the lightnings] Heb. They shall break through as the lightnings; that is, with incredible swiftness; as lightning in an instant cometh out of the east and shineth even to the west, Mat 24:27 Luke 10:18 .

Nahum 2:4

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.