Nahum 2:10 (KJV)

Passage

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

Nearby Context

Nahum 2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Nahum 2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

Nahum 2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

Nahum 2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

Nahum 2:12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "empty", "void", "waste", "heart", "melteth", "knees", "smite", and "together". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "empty" and "void", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Take ye the spoil of silver take..." into verse 11's "Where is the dwelling of the lions...", so "empty" and "void" belong inside that flow. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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