Nahum 2 NKJV

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valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/nahum/2.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The Destruction of Nineveh</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span class="text Nah-2-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>He<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span> who scatters has come up before your face.</span></span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-1">Man the fort!</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-1">Watch the road!</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-1">Strengthen <i>your</i> flanks!</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-1">Fortify <i>your</i> power mightily.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> will restore the excellence of Jacob</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-2">Like the excellence of Israel,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-2">For the emptiers have emptied them out</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-2">And ruined their vine branches.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The shields of his mighty men <i>are</i> made red,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-3">The valiant men <i>are</i> in scarlet.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-3">The chariots <i>come</i> with flaming torches</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-3">In the day of his preparation,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-3">And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>the spears are brandished.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The chariots rage in the streets,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-4">They jostle one another in the broad roads;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-4">They seem like torches,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-4">They run like lightning.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He remembers his nobles;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-5">They stumble in their walk;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-5">They make haste to her walls,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-5">And the defense is prepared.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The gates of the rivers are opened,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-6">And the palace is dissolved.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>It is decreed:</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-7">She shall be led away captive,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-7">She shall be brought up;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-7">And her maidservants shall lead <i>her</i> as with the voice of doves,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-7">Beating their breasts.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Though Nineveh of old <i>was</i> like a pool of water,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-8">Now they flee away.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-8"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>“Halt! Halt!” <i>they cry;</i></span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-8">But no one turns back.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>Take spoil of silver!</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-9">Take spoil of gold!</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-9"><i>There is</i> no end of treasure,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-9">Or wealth of every desirable prize.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>She is empty, desolate, and waste!</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-10">The heart melts, and the knees shake;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-10">Much pain <i>is</i> in every side,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-10">And all their faces <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>are drained of color.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Where <i>is</i> the dwelling of the lions,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-11">And the feeding place of the young lions,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-11">Where the lion walked, the lioness <i>and</i> lion’s cub,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-11">And no one made <i>them</i> afraid?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-12"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>Killed for his lionesses,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-12">Filled his caves with prey,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-2-12">And his dens with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>flesh.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Behold, I <i>am</i> against you,” says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, “I will burn <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>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 be heard no more.”</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-22701a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:1">Nahum 2:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Vg. <i>He who destroys</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22703b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:3">Nahum 2:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>the cypresses are shaken;</i> LXX, Syr. <i>the horses rush about;</i> Vg. <i>the drivers are stupefied</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22707c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:7">Nahum 2:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Huzzab</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22708d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:8">Nahum 2:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Stand</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22709e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:9">Nahum 2:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Plunder</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22710f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:10">Nahum 2:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Tg., Vg. <i>gather blackness;</i> <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Joel.2.6" href="/passage/?search=Joel.2.6&version=NKJV">Joel 2:6</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22712g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:12">Nahum 2:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Strangled</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22712h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:12">Nahum 2:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Torn flesh</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22713i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 2:13">Nahum 2:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>her</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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