Nahum 2:5 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Nahum 2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

Nahum 2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

Nahum 2:5 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.

Nahum 2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

Nahum 2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "recount", "worthies", "stumble", "walk", and "make". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "recount", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "The chariots shall rage in the streets..." into verse 6's "The gates of the rivers shall be...", so "shall" and "recount" 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 "shall" and "recount" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.