Nahum 3:17 meaning and explanation
Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
Nahum 3:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Nahum is taunting the Assyrian capital Nineveh just before its fall, and in verse 17 he addresses its guards and scribes, the officials meant to defend and administer the city. He compares them to locusts that cluster on walls on a cold day but vanish once the sun warms them.
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