nsb - Nahum:2

nsb@Nahum:2:1 @ He who breaks in pieces has come up against you: Safeguard the fortress, watch the way, make your loins strong, and reinforce your power.

nsb@Nahum:2:2 @ Jehovah will restore the pride of Jacob just like the pride of Israel. The devastators have emptied them out and destroyed their vine-branches.

nsb@Nahum:2:3 @ The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are dressed in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress tree are brandished.

nsb@Nahum:2:4 @ The chariots wildly race through the streets. They rush to and fro in the broad ways. They look like torches and they run like lightning.

nsb@Nahum:2:5 @ He remembers his majestic ones. They stumble as they march. They hurry to the wall to prepare the barricade.

nsb@Nahum:2:6 @ The gates of the rivers are opened and the palace is dissolved.

nsb@Nahum:2:7 @ It is decreed: she is uncovered! She is carried away and her handmaids moan like the sound of doves, beating on their chests.

nsb@Nahum:2:8 @ Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. »Stand, stand,« they cry; but none looks back.

nsb@Nahum:2:9 @ Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold for there is no limit to the amount of desirable things.

nsb@Nahum:2:10 @ She is empty and void, a city laid waste! The hearts melt and the knees knock together. There is pain in all the hips and their faces have all grown pale.

nsb@Nahum:2:11 @ Where is the lions den, the feeding-place of young lions? Where have the lion and the lioness walked where none have made them afraid?

nsb@Nahum:2:12 @ The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses. He filled his caves and dens with prey.

nsb@Nahum:2:13 @ »I am against you,« said Jehovah of Hosts! »I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will destroy your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will be heard no more.«