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Nahum 2

The Overthrow of Nineveh

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 1The one who  ascatters has come up against  2you. Man the fortress, watch the road;  3Strengthen your back,  4summon all your strength.

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For the LORD will restore the  asplendor of Jacob  bLike the splendor of Israel, Even though devastators have devastated them And  cdestroyed their vine branches.

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The shields of  1his mighty men are colored red, The warriors are dressed in  ascarlet, The chariots are enveloped in  2flashing steel  3When he is prepared to march, And the cypress  bspears are brandished.

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The  achariots race madly in the streets, They rush wildly in the  1squares, Their appearance is like torches, They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

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He remembers his  anobles; They  bstumble in their march, They hurry to her wall, And the  1mantelet is set up.

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The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved.

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It is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are  amoaning like the sound of doves,  bBeating on their  1breasts.

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Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; "Stop, stop," But  ano one turns back.

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Plunder the silver! Plunder the  agold! For there is no limit to the treasure-- Wealth from every kind of desirable object.

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She is  aemptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste!  bHearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in  1the whole body And all their  cfaces are grown pale!

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Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the  ayoung lions, Where the lion, lioness and lion's cub prowled, With nothing to disturb them?

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The lion tore enough for his cubs,  1Killed enough for his lionesses, And filled his lairs with prey And his dens with torn flesh.

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"Behold,  aI am against you," declares the LORD of hosts. "I will  bburn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will  ccut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard."



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