Nahum 2:9 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

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?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "take", "spoil", "silver", "gold", "none", and "store". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "take" and "spoil", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But Nineveh is of old like a..." into verse 10's "She is empty and void and waste...", so "take" and "spoil" 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 "take" and "spoil" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.