Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Nahum 2:4
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Nahum2:4
4. rage--are driven in furious haste (Jr 46:9).
justle one against another--run to and fro [Maurer].
in the broad ways--(2Ch 32:6). Large open spaces in the suburbs of Nineveh.
they shall seem like torches--literally, "their (feminine in Hebrew) appearance (is)": namely, the appearance of the broad places is like that of torches, through the numbers of chariots in them flashing in the sun (Pr 8:26, Margin).
run like the lightnings--with rapid violence (Mt 24:27; Lu 10:18).
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