Nahum 2

Nahum 2:1

One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!

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Nahum 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.

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Nahum 2:3

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.

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in scarlet or , dyed scarlet

flaming or , fiery

Nahum 2:4

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.

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they shall seem Heb. their show

Nahum 2:5

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

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worthies or , gallants

defence or , covering , or , coverer

Nahum 2:6

The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

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Nahum 2:7

It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

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Huzzab or , that which was established; or , there was a stand made

led away captive or , discovered

Nahum 2:8

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.

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look back or , cause them to turn

Nahum 2:9

“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

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Nahum 2:10

She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

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She is Nineveh was taken and utterly ruined by Assuerus , or Cyaxares , king of Media , and Nabuchodonosor , or Nabopolassar , king of Babylon , bc 606 , or 612. Diodorus , who with others ascribes the taking of it to Arbaces the Mede and Belesis the Babylonian , says that he "dispersed the citizens in the villages , levelled the city with the ground , transferred the gold and silver , of which there were many talents , to Ecbatana the metropolis of the Medes , and this subverted the empire of the Assyrians."

Nahum 2:11

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?

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Nahum 2:12

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.

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Nahum 2:13

“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.”

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