Nahum 2
2
Attack against Nineveh
1One who scatters is coming up against you. # Ezk 29:12,13; 30:23,26
Man the fortifications!
Watch the road!
Brace # Lit Strengthen yourself!
Summon all your strength! # Pr 24:5; Am 2:14
2For the Lord will restore the majesty of Jacob, # Ps 47:4; Am 6:8; 8:7
yes, # Or like the majesty of Israel,
though ravagers have ravaged them # Is 24:1,3
and ruined their vine branches. # Ps 80:12-15; Jr 12:10
3The shields of his # = the army commander attacking Nineveh warriors are dyed red;
the valiant men are dressed in scarlet. # Ezk 23:14
The fittings of the chariot flash like fire # 2Kg 2:11; 6:17; Is 66:15
on the day of its battle preparations,
and the spears 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.
5He gives orders to his officers;
they stumble as they advance.
They race to its wall;
the protective shield is set in place.
6The river gates are opened,
and the palace erodes away. # Nah 1:8
7Beauty # Text emended; MT reads Huzzab is stripped, # Hb obscure
she is carried away;
her ladies-in-waiting moan
like the sound of doves, # Is 38:14; 59:11
and beat their breasts. # Is 32:12
8Nineveh has been like a pool of water
from her first days, # Hb obscure
but they are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop! ” they cry,
but no one turns back.
9“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! ” # Ezk 38:13
There is no end to the treasure,
an abundance of every precious thing. # 2Ch 32:27; 36:10; Dn 11:8; Nah 3:3
10Desolation, decimation, devastation!
Hearts melt, # Dt 20:8; Jos 7:5; Is 13:7; 19:1; Ezk 21:7,15
knees tremble, # Is 35:3
loins shake, # Ps 69:23
every face grows pale! # Is 21:3; Jl 2:6
11Where is the lions’ lair, # Is 2:15; 5:26-29; Jr 4:7; 5:6; 50:17; 51:38; Jl 1:6; Am 3:12
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? # Lv 26:6; Dt 28:26; Jr 7:33
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. # Jb 38:39-40
13Beware, I am against you. # Jr 21:13; 23:30-32; 50:31; 51:25; Ezk 5:8; 13:8; 21:3; 26:3; 28:22; 29:3,10; 38:3; 39:1; Nah 3:5
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
I will make your chariots go up in smoke # Lit will burn her chariots in smoke
and the sword will devour your young lions. # Is 31:8; Jr 46:10
I will cut off your prey from the earth,
and the sound of your messengers
will never be heard again. # Rv 18:22-23
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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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