Nahum:2

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* A maul is come up before thy face ; guard the defences , watch the way , make thy loins strong , fortify thy power mightily !-- * For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob , as the pride of Israel ; for the emptiers have emptied them out , and marred their vine-branches .-- * The shield of his mighty men is made red , the valiant men are in scarlet ; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation , and the cypress spears are made to quiver . * The chariots rush madly in the streets , they jostle one against another in the broad places ; the appearance of them is like torches , they run to and fro like the lightnings . * He bethinketh himself of his worthies ; they stumble in their march ; they make haste to the wall thereof , and the mantelet is prepared . * The gates of the rivers are opened , and the palace is dissolved . * And the queen is uncovered , she is carried away , and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves , tabering upon their breasts . * But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water ; yet they flee away ; 'Stand , stand '; but none looketh back . * Take ye the spoil of silver , take the spoil of gold ; for there is no end of the store , rich with all precious vessels . * She is empty , and void , and waste ; and the heart melteth , and the knees smite together , and convulsion is in all loins , and the faces of them all have gathered blackness . * Where is the den of the lions , which was the feeding-place of the young lions , where the lion and the lioness walked , and the lion 's whelp , and none made them afraid ? * The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps , and strangled for his lionesses , and filled his caves with prey , and his dens with ravin . * Behold , I am against thee , saith the LORD of hosts , and I will burn her chariots in the 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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