Nahum 2:5 - Compare All Versions

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Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up.

The king shouts to his officers; they stumble in their haste, rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.

He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk; They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared.

Weapons flash in the sun, the soldiers splendid in battle dress, Chariots burnished and glistening, ready to charge, A spiked forest of brandished spears, lethal on the horizon. The chariots pour into the streets. They fill the public squares, Flaming like torches in the sun, like lightning darting and flashing. The Assyrian king rallies his men, but they stagger and stumble. They run to the ramparts to stem the tide, but it’s too late. Soldiers pour through the gates. The palace is demolished. Soon it’s all over: Nineveh stripped, Nineveh doomed, Maids and slaves moaning like doves, beating their breasts. Nineveh is a tub from which they’ve pulled the plug. Cries go up, “Do something! Do something!” but it’s too late. Nineveh’s soon empty—nothing. Other cries come: “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! A bonanza of plunder! Take everything you want!” Doom! Damnation! Desolation! Hearts sink, knees fold, stomachs retch, faces blanch. So, what happened to the famous and fierce Assyrian lion And all those cute Assyrian cubs? To the lion and lioness Cozy with their cubs, fierce and fearless? To the lion who always returned from the hunt with fresh kills for lioness and cubs, The lion lair heaped with bloody meat, blood and bones for the royal lion feast? * * *

He remembers his officers; They stumble in their advance, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up.

He remembers and summons his nobles; They stumble in their march [terrified because of the attack]. They hurry to the city wall, And the mantelet is prepared and firmly set up.

The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.