Nahum 2
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1One who scatters is coming up against you. Man the fortifications! Watch the road! Brace yourself! Summon all your strength! 1An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
2For the LORD will restore the majesty of Jacob, yes, the majesty of Israel, though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their vine branches. 2The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
3The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the valiant men are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariot flash like fire on the day of its battle preparations, and the spears are brandished. 3The shields of the soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of juniper are brandished.
4The chariots dash madly through the streets; they rush around in the plazas. They look like torches; they dart back and forth like lightning. 4The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.
5He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place. 5Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
6The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away. 6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
7Beauty is stripped, she is carried away; her ladies-in-waiting moan like the sound of doves, and beat their breasts. 7It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.
8Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, but they are fleeing." Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back." 8Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.
9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. 9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
10Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, every face grows pale! 10She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
11Where is the lions' lair, or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled, and the lion's cub, with nothing to frighten them away? 11Where now is the lions' den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
12The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled prey for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey. 12The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.
13Beware, I am against you. This is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts. I will make your chariots go up in smoke and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the sound of your messengers will never be heard again. 13"I am against you," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."
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