Nahum 2
2
Nineveh Will Be Defeated
1The destroyer# The Babylonians, the Scythians and the Medes destroyed Nineveh. is coming to attack you, Nineveh.
Guard the defenses.
Watch the road.
Get ready.
Gather all your strength!
2Destroyers have destroyed God’s people
and ruined their vines.
But the Lord will make the people of Jacob
and the people of Israel great again.
3The shields of the soldiers are red.
The army is dressed in red.
The metal on the chariots flashes
when they are ready to attack.
Their horses are excited.
4The chariots race through the streets.
They rush back and forth through the city squares.
They look like torches.
They run like lightning.
5He# This probably means the king of Assyria. calls his officers.
But they fall down on the way.
They hurry to the city wall.
The shield is put into place.
6The river gates are thrown open.
And the palace is destroyed.
7It has been announced that the people of Nineveh
will be captured and carried away.
The slave girls moan like doves.
They beat their breasts because they are sad.
8Nineveh is like a pool.
And its water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” the people yell.
But no one turns back.
9Take the silver!
Take the gold!
There is no end to the treasure.
There is wealth of every kind.
10Nineveh is robbed, ruined and destroyed.
The people lose their courage. Their knees knock with fear.
Stomachs ache. And everyone’s face grows pale from fright.
11Where is the lions’# The symbol of Assyria was the lion. den?
Where do they feed their young?
Where did the lion, lioness and cubs go?
Where were they not afraid?
12The lion killed enough for his cubs.
He killed it for his mate.
He filled his cave with the animals he caught.
He filled his den with what he had killed.
13“I am against you, Nineveh,”
says the Lord of heaven’s armies.
“I will burn up your chariots in smoke.
And I will kill your young lions with a sword.
I will stop you from hunting down others on the earth.
Your messengers’ voices
will no longer be heard.”
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