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Nahum 2
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Nahum 2 . 1
1 One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!TOSKNahum 2:1
Nahum 2 . 2
2 For 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.TOSKNahum 2:2
Nahum 2 . 3
3 The 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.TOSKNahum 2:3
Nahum 2 . 4
4 The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.TOSKNahum 2:4
Nahum 2 . 5
5 He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.TOSKNahum 2:5
Nahum 2 . 6
6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.TOSKNahum 2:6
Nahum 2 . 7
7 It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.TOSKNahum 2:7
Nahum 2 . 8
8 Nineveh 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.TOSKNahum 2:8
Nahum 2 . 9
9 “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.TOSKNahum 2:9
Nahum 2 . 10
10 She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!TOSKNahum 2:10
Nahum 2 . 11
11 Where 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?TOSKNahum 2:11
Nahum 2 . 12
12 The 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.TOSKNahum 2:12
Nahum 2 . 13
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.”TOSKNahum 2:13