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Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and ruined their branches.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The shield of his mighty men is red; his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots come with flashing metal on the day he musters them; the cypress spears are brandished.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The river gates are opened; the palace melts away;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry, but none turns back.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of the treasure or of the wealth of all precious things.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts melt and knees tremble; anguish is in all loins; all faces grow pale!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Where is the lions’ den, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Behold, I am against you, declares 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 longer be heard.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="//www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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