Nahum:2

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* He who dashes in pieces has come up against you : keep the fortress , watch the way , make your loins strong , fortify your power mightily . * For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob , as the excellency of Israel ; for the emptiers have emptied them out , and destroyed their vine-branches . * The shield of his mighty men is made red , the valiant men are in scarlet : the chariots are blazing in the day of his preparation , and the cypress [spears ] are brandished . * The chariots rage in the streets ; they rush to and fro in the broad ways : the appearance of them is like torches ; they run like the lightnings . * He remembers his nobles : they stumble in their march ; they hurry to her wall , and the mantelet is prepared . * The gates of the rivers are opened , and the palace is dissolved . * And he is drawn up , she is uncovered , she is carried away ; and her female slaves moan as with the voice of doves , beating on their breasts . * But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water : yet they flee away . Stand , stand , [they cry ]; but none looks back . * Take (note :){+}(:note ) the spoil of silver , take {+} the spoil of gold ; for there is no end of the store , the glory of all goodly furniture . * She is empty , and void , and waste ; and the heart melts , and the knees strike together , and anguish is in all loins , and the faces of them all are waxed pale . * Where is the den of the lions , and the feeding-place of the young lions , where the lion [and ] the lioness walked , the lion 's whelp , and none made them afraid ? * The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps , and strangled for his lionesses , and filled his caves with prey , and his dens with ravin . * Look , I am against you , says Yahweh of hosts , and I will burn your crowd in the smoke , and the sword will devour your young lions ; and I will cut off your prey from the earth , and the voice of your messengers will be heard no more .

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