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Watch the roads!</p><p class="line2">Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Even though the destroyer has destroyed Judah,</p><p class="line2">the LORD will restore its honor.</p><p class="line1">Israel’s vine has been stripped of branches,</p><p class="line2">but he will restore its splendor.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Shields flash red in the sunlight!</p><p class="line2">See the scarlet uniforms of the valiant troops!</p><p class="line1">Watch as their glittering chariots move into position,</p><p class="line2">with a forest of spears waving above them.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The chariots race recklessly along the streets</p><p class="line2">and rush wildly through the squares.</p><p class="line1">They flash like firelight</p><p class="line2">and move as swiftly as lightning.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The king shouts to his officers;</p><p class="line2">they stumble in their haste,</p><p class="line2">rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The river gates have been torn open!</p><p class="line2">The palace is about to collapse!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,</p><p class="line2">and all the servant girls mourn its capture.</p><p class="line1">They moan like doves</p><p class="line2">and beat their breasts in sorrow.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!</p><p class="line2">The people are slipping away.</p><p class="line1">“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,</p><p class="line2">but no one even looks back.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Loot the silver!</p><p class="line2">Plunder the gold!</p><p class="line1">There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures—</p><p class="line2">its vast, uncounted wealth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined.</p><p class="line2">Hearts melt and knees shake.</p><p class="line1">The people stand aghast,</p><p class="line2">their faces pale and trembling.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Where now is that great Nineveh,</p><p class="line2">that den filled with young lions?</p><p class="line1">It was a place where people—like lions and their cubs—</p><p class="line2">walked freely and without fear.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The lion tore up meat for his cubs</p><p class="line2">and strangled prey for his mate.</p><p class="line1">He filled his den with prey,</p><p class="line2">his caverns with his plunder.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“I am your enemy!”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.</p><p class="line1">“Your chariots will soon go up in smoke.</p><p class="line2">Your young men<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> will be killed in battle.</p><p class="line1">Never again will you plunder conquered nations.</p><p class="line2">The voices of your proud messengers will be heard no more.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Verses 2:1-13 are numbered 2:2-14 in Hebrew text.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek and Syriac versions read </span><span class="it">into position, / the horses whipped into a frenzy.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">2:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">young lions.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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