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Nahum 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Yahweh’s Destruction of Nineveh

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[fn]The one who scatters has come up against [fn]you.

Guard the fortification, watch the road;

Strengthen your loins, [fn]instill your power with exceeding courage.

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For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob

Like the majesty of Israel,

Even though those who empty them have emptied them to destruction

And ruined their vine branches.

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The shields of [fn]his mighty men are colored red,

The valiant men are dressed in [fn]scarlet,

The chariots are enveloped in [fn]flashing steel

[fn]When he is set up to march,

And the cypress spears are brandished.

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The chariots race madly in the streets;

They rush wildly in the [fn]squares;

Their appearance is like torches;

They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

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He remembers his mighty ones;

They stumble in their march;

They hurry to her wall,

And the [fn]mantelet is set up.

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The gates of the rivers are opened,

And the palace is melted away.

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So it stands fixed:

She is exiled, she is carried away,

And her maidservants are moaning like the sound of doves,

Beating on their hearts.

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Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,

Now they are fleeing;

“Stand! Stand!”

But no one [fn]turns back.

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Plunder the silver!

Plunder the gold!

And there is no limit to the treasure—

[fn]Wealth from every kind of desirable object.

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She is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated!

Hearts are melting and knees knocking!

Also anguish is in all their loins,

And all their faces [fn]turn pale!

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Where is the den of the lions

And the feeding place of the young lions,

Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled,

With nothing to make them tremble?

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The lion tore enough for its cubs

And strangled enough for its lionesses

And filled its lairs with torn up prey

And its dens with torn up flesh.

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“Behold, I am against you,” declares Yahweh of hosts. “And I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”

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LSB Footnotes
Ch 2:2 in Heb
Lit your face
Or make your power courageous
Those attacking Nineveh
Or crimson, cf. Lam 4:5
Lit fire of steel
Lit On the day of his preparation
Lit broad places
Lit covering (used in a siege)
Lit gathers
Lit Glory
Lit gather their radiance
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