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Nah. 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the Lord hath turned away the θexcellency of Jacob, as the θexcellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

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or, pride.

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hath.

Isa. 10:5‑12• ⁵Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
⁶I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
⁷But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
⁸For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
⁹Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols,--and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
¹¹--shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
¹²And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. (Isa. 10:5‑12)

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Jer. 25:29• ²⁹For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city that is called by my name, and should ye be altogether unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 25:29)

excellency of Jacob as the excellency.

or, the pride of Jacobas the pride.

Zeph. 3:11• ¹¹In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that exult in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. (Zeph. 3:11)

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Gen. 49:22‑23• ²²Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; His branches shoot over the wall.
²³The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him; (Gen. 49:22‑23)

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Psa. 80:12‑13• ¹²Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
¹³The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it. (Psa. 80:12‑13)

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Jer. 49:9• ⁹If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left a gleaning? If thieves by night, they would destroy only till they had enough. (Jer. 49:9)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues. (Hos. 10:1)

• Thus we see the collateral subject, namely, the judgment of Israel by their enemies; but inasmuch as the Assyrians executed that judgment in such a way as to insult God Himself, and not only to chasten His guilty people, they must be prepared for their own doom. (“Nahum 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Jehovah hath brought againk the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israell; for the wasters have wasted themm, and marred their vine-branches.

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k

Or "hath returned to."

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Or "hath turned away the pride of Jacob as the pride of Israel."

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Or "the emptiers have emptied them out."

W. Kelly Translation

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For Jehovah hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.