Nahum 2:6 (YLT)

Passage

Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

Nearby Context

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.

Nahum 2:7 And it is established--she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.

Nahum 2:8 And Nineveh <FI>is<Fi> as a pool of waters, From of old it <FI>is<Fi> --and they are fleeing! `Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "gates", "rivers", "been", "opened", "palace", and "dissolved". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gates" and "rivers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "He doth remember his honourable ones They..." into verse 7's "And it is established--she hath removed She...", so "gates" and "rivers" 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 "gates" and "rivers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.