Nahum 3:2-3

Nahum 3:2-3

[2] The noise  of a whip,  and the noise  of the rattling  of the wheels,  and of the pransing  horses,  and of the jumping  chariots.  [3] The horseman  lifteth up  both the bright  sword  and the glittering  spear:  and there is a multitude  of slain,  and a great  number of carcases;  and there is none end  of their corpses;  they stumble  upon their corpses: 

What does Nahum 3:2-3 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Again the prophet described the sounds and sights that would accompany the battle in which Nineveh would fall (cf. Nahum 2:3-4). Whips could be heard as soldiers urged their horses forward. Nahum heard the sound of chariot wheels and the hoofs of horses bearing cavalry soldiers clattering on the pavement. Horsemen were charging, swords were flashing, and spears were gleaming in the light. The large number of corpses on the scene of battle impressed Nahum. They seemed to be countless, so many that they appeared to cover the ground completely. The living soldiers had trouble moving about because they kept tripping over dead bodies. This was a scene that someone might have seen had they visited the site of one of the Assyrian army"s battles, but this one was taking place in Nineveh and the dead were mainly Ninevites.
"God has allowed Nahum to witness the fall of Nineveh even though it is years, perhaps even decades, away." [1]
"No passage of Hebrew literature surpasses this for vividness of description." [2]