Nahum:2

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* He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face : keep the fortress , watch the way , make [thy ] loins strong , fortify [thy ] power mightily . * For Jehovah hath brought again the glory of Jacob , as the glory of Israel ; for the wasters have wasted them , and marred their vine-branches . * The shield of his mighty men is made red , the valiant men are in scarlet : the chariots [glitter ] with the sheen of steel , in the day of his preparation , and the spears are brandished . * The chariots rush madly in the streets , they justle one against another in the broad ways : the appearance of them is like torches , they run like lightnings . * He bethinketh him of his nobles : they stumble in their march ; they make haste to the wall thereof , and the shelter is prepared . * The gates of the rivers are opened , and the palace melteth away . * And it is decreed : she shall be uncovered , she shall be led away , and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves , drumming upon their breasts . * Nineveh hath been like a pool of water , since the day she existed , yet they flee away .... Stand ! Stand ! But none looketh back . * Plunder the silver , plunder the gold ; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels . * She is empty , and void , and waste ; and the heart melteth , and the knees smite together , and writhing pain is in all loins , and all their faces grow pale . * Where is [now ] the den of the lions , and the feeding-place of the young lions , where the lion , the lioness , [and ] the lion 's whelp walked , and none made them afraid ? * The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps , and strangled for his lionesses , and filled his holes with prey , and his dens with ravin . * Behold , I am against thee , saith Jehovah of hosts : and I will burn her chariots into smoke ; and the sword shall devour thy young lions , and I will cut off thy prey from the earth ; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard .

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