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NASB | Nahum 3:13 Behold, your people are women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes your gate bars. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Nahum 3:13 Behold, your people are [as weak and helpless as] women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes the bars across your gates. |
Bible Question:
I would like to ask the meaning of Isaiah 3:12. I have been taught this is proof that Christian women should not be in civil politics. Is there any other reference to prove that and if not, what exactly does this mean? |
Bible Answer: Triumfunt, In the Old Testament, cowardly war soldiers were sometimes referred to as women, who were easily overrun by a foreign enemy. In regards to female roles in civil leadership, some may interpret these Old Testament scriptures as failing to endorse women as strong war tacticians. This may not hold true for civil peace roles however. Nahum 3 13 Behold, your people are women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes your gate bars. 14 Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! 15 There fire will consume you, The sword will cut you down; It will consume you as the locust does. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the swarming locust. (NAS95) - I further believe that our New Testament references to female leadership are largely cultural in nature. For example, Paul teaches that women shall not exercise authority over a man in a teaching role. Yet women are also resricted from even speaking publicly in church or bearing their heads without a veil. Please take the time to look up the term prophetess and deaconess in the scriptures, as these seem to be vital leadership roles also. In fact, Isaiah's own wife was a prophetess herself, as per this next verse reference. Isaiah 8 3 So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz; (NAS95) - Blessings, Reighnskye |
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