Naum 2:1

Nahum 2:1. Before thy face— There can be no doubt that this should be read before his face; namely, of that Belial spoken of in the last verse, and whose mighty men are mentioned in the third verse. It is plain from Nah 2:2 that the desolator was come up, not against Judah, but against the Assyrians. Houbigant renders it, for the Lord hath restored the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel, after the desolaters have exhausted them, &c. Dr. Warburton reads the latter part of the first and the second verse thus, Strengthen the garrison, guard the passes, invigorate the loins, exert your force mightily. Nahum 2:2. For the Lord hath returned the pride against Jacob, and the pride against Israel: for the emptiers have exhausted them, &c.