Nahum 2:1 (LSB)

Passage

The one who scatters has come up against you. Guard the fortification, watch the road; Strengthen your loins, instill your power with exceeding courage.

Nearby Context

Nahum 2:1 The one who scatters has come up against you. Guard the fortification, watch the road; Strengthen your loins, instill your power with exceeding courage.

Nahum 2:2 For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob Like the majesty of Israel, Even though those who empty them have emptied them to destruction And ruined their vine branches.

Nahum 2:3 The shields of his mighty men are colored red, The valiant men are dressed in scarlet, The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel When he is set up to march, And the cypress spears are brandished.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "scatters", "come", "against", "guard", "fortification", "watch", "road", and "strengthen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "scatters" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "For Yahweh will restore the majesty of...", so "scatters" and "come" should be read forward into that movement. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "scatters" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.