Nahum 2:4 (YLT)

Passage

In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances <FI>are<Fi> like torches, As lightnings they run.

Nearby Context

Nahum 2:2 For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As <FI>to<Fi> the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.

Nahum 2:3 The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might <FI>are in<Fi> scarlet, With fiery torches <FI>is<Fi> the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.

Nahum 2:4 In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances <FI>are<Fi> like torches, As lightnings they run.

Nahum 2:5 He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten <FI>to<Fi> its wall, and prepared is the covering.

Nahum 2:6 Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "out-places", "shine", "chariots", "broad", "appearances", "like", and "torches". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "out-places", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "The shield of his mighty ones is..." into verse 5's "He doth remember his honourable ones They...", so "light" and "out-places" 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 "light" and "out-places" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.