Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
rage—are driven in furious haste (Jeremiah 46:9).
justle one against another—run to and fro [MAURER].
in the broad ways— (II Chronicles 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 (Proverbs 8:26, Margin).
run like the lightnings—with rapid violence (Matthew 24:27; Luke 10:18).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Nahum 2:4:
Nahum 2:1
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