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# General Information:
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Nahum often wrote prophecy in the form of poetry. Hebrew poetry uses different kinds of parallelism. Here he begins to describe the destruction of Nineveh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# The one who scatters
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Nahum speaks of an army or military leader destroying Nineveh as if he were to break Nineveh apart as one would shatter a clay pot and scatter the pieces around. Alternate translation: "The one who will destroy you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# is coming up against you
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The idiom to "come against" means to attack. Alternate translation: "is preparing to attack you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Guard the city wall, watch the road, strengthen your loins, pull together all your strength
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Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh. He tells them to prepare for battle although he knows that the enemy will destroy the city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]])
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# watch the road
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This refers to having soldiers watch the roads leading to the city so that they can keep track of the enemy's approach.
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# strengthen your loins
The loins are a synecdoche for the whole body. Alternate translation: "make yourselves strong" or "prepare for battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# pull together all your strength
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This is an idiom that means to prepare oneself for action. Here it applies to military action. Alternate translation: "prepare yourselves for battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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