Nahum 2
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1An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!1One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
2The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.2For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
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.3The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
4The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.4The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
5Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.5He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
7It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
8Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.8Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!9“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
10She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
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?11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
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.12The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
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."13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
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