Nahum 2
2
The Fall of Nineveh
1He who scatters has come to you. # Jer 51:20–23
Guard the fortifications!
Watch the road!
Prepare yourself,
and strengthen yourself!
2For the Lord is restoring the prominence of Jacob,
even the prominence of Israel,
for others have certainly
laid waste their vines. # Ps 80:12–13
3The shields of his mighty men are soaked red,
even the mighty men are clad in red. # Eze 23:14–15
In the day he prepares the chariots,
they are like a fire of iron.
The cypress spears are ready.
4The chariots run wildly through the streets, # Isa 66:15; Jer 4:13
they rush to and fro in the open areas;
their appearance is like torches,
they dash to and fro like lightning.
5He remembers his officers
as they stumble about on the road; # Jer 46:12
they hurry on to the wall
as the siege tower is set up.
6The holding gates are opened wide,
and the palace washes away.
7It is decreed:
She is uncovered and led away captive;
her handmaidens shall lead her as with the voice of doves, # Isa 38:14; 59:11
beating their chests.
8Nineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
9“Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
There is no limit to the treasure,
or to the wealth of every precious thing.”
10She is desolate, empty, and waste!
Hearts melt away, # Ps 22:14 and knees shake;
pain is in all the loins, and all their faces grow pale. # Joel 2:6
11Where is the den of the lions,
and the feeding place of the young lions, # Isa 5:29; Jer 2:15
where the lion and lioness prowl,
and the lion’s cub goes, with no one to disturb them?
12The lion tore enough food for his cubs,
and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he has filled his caves with prey, # Jer 51:34
and his dens with flesh.
13I am against you,
says the Lord of Hosts,
and I will burn your chariots in smoke, # 2Ki 19:23; Ps 46:9
and the sword will devour your lions.
I will cut off your prey from the earth,
and the voice of your messengers
will be heard no more.
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Nahum 2
2
1He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
2For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel, for the destroyers have destroyed them and ruined their vine branches.
3The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished. 4The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings. 5He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place. 6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. 7It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts. 8But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one looks back. 9Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. 10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale. 11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid? 12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey. 13“Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
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