Nahum 3:13 meaning and explanation
Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.
Nahum 3:13, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the LORD through the prophet Nahum, addressing Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, in the late seventh century BC. After a vivid picture of siege warfare, God taunts the city: its troops are like women, an image drawn from the ancient world's shame over weakness in battle, not a comment on women's worth.
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