Help QuickNav Adv. Options
RSV

RSV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Nahum 2 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - The shatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; gird your loins; collect all your strength.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2 - (For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have stripped them and ruined their branches.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:3 - The shield of his mighty men is red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots flash like flame when mustered in array; the chargers prance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 - The chariots rage in the streets, they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches, they dart like lightning.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:6 - The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 - Nin'eveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry; but none turns back.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the lions' den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:12 - The lion tore enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
RSV

Downloaded from the Oxford Text Archive and used with permission. The following header is required to be posted:

Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

Availability: Freely available for non-commercial use provided that this header is included in its entirety with any copy distributed.

Pericope

Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

New American Standard Bible
Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
RSV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
RSV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.