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.
He calls up his best warriors, but they're tripping over themselves as they rush toward the city wall, scrambling to get their defenses ready.
Even the strongest soldiers panic when God's judgment is coming.
📚 Historical Context
The Book of Nahum was written by the prophet Nahum in the 7th century BC, as a message of judgment against Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, which had long oppressed Israel and other nations. In Nahum 2:5, the verse depicts the Assyrian army in disarray, with their elite troops stumbling and hastily preparing defenses at the city walls, symbolizing the inevitable collapse of their power under God's wrath. This prophecy was fulfilled historically when Nineveh fell to the Babylonian and Median forces in 612 BC.
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