Nahum 2

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  1. 1An attacker is marching against you, Nineveh! Guard your fortress! Watch the roads! Prepare yourself for battle and gather every ounce of your strength!
  2. 2For the LORD has turned away the excellence of Jacob, as the excellence of Israel, because the emptiers have emptied them out and ruined their vine branches.
  3. 3The shields of his mighty men are red, and the valiant men are dressed in scarlet. On the day of his preparation, the chariots will have flaming torches, and the fir trees will be terribly shaken.
  4. 4Chariots race wildly through the streets, crashing into each other on the broad roads. They blaze like torches and streak past like lightning.
  5. 5He will recount his honored men. They will stumble in their walk; they will hurry to its wall, and the defense will be prepared.
  6. 6The river gates are thrown open, and the palace crumbles.
  7. 7Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her, moaning like doves, drumming upon their breasts.
  8. 8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water; yet they shall flee away. 'Stop! Stop!' they cry, but no one looks back.
  9. 9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the treasure and glory from all the beautiful furnishings.
  10. 10The city is emptied, gutted, and laid waste. Hearts melt, knees knock together, there is much pain in all loins, and every face turns dark.
  11. 11Where now is the lions' den, the place where they fed their young — where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, and nothing made them afraid?
  12. 12The lion tore apart enough prey for his cubs and strangled animals for his lionesses. He filled his caves with prey and his dens with ravin.
  13. 13"Look — I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts. "I will burn your chariots to 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 never be heard again."
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