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<p class="indent2">Strengthen your loins, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>instill <i>your</i> power with exceeding courage. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob <p class="indent2">Like the majesty of Israel, <p class="indent2">Even though those who empty <i>them</i> have emptied them to destruction <p class="indent2">And ruined their vine branches. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The shields of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>his mighty men are <i>colored</i> red, <p class="indent2">The valiant men are dressed in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>scarlet, <p class="indent2">The chariots are <i>enveloped</i> in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>flashing steel <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>When he is set up <i>to march</i>, <p class="indent2">And the cypress <i>spears</i> are brandished. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The chariots race madly in the streets; <p class="indent2">They rush wildly in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>squares; <p class="indent2">Their appearance is like torches; <p class="indent2">They dash to and fro like lightning flashes. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He remembers his mighty ones; <p class="indent2">They stumble in their march; <p class="indent2">They hurry to her wall, <p class="indent2">And the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>mantelet is set up. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The gates of the rivers are opened, <p class="indent2">And the palace is melted away. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So it stands fixed: <p class="indent2">She is exiled, she is carried away, <p class="indent2">And her maidservants are moaning like the sound of doves, <p class="indent2">Beating on their hearts. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Though Nineveh <i>was</i> like a pool of water throughout her days, <p class="indent2">Now they are fleeing; <p class="indent2">“Stand! Stand!” <p class="indent2">But no one <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>turns back. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Plunder the silver! <p class="indent2">Plunder the gold! <p class="indent2">And there is no limit to the treasure— <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Wealth from every kind of desirable object. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>She is emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated! <p class="indent2">Hearts are melting and knees knocking! <p class="indent2">Also anguish is in all <i>their</i> loins, <p class="indent2">And all their faces <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>turn pale! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Where is the den of the lions <p class="indent2">And the feeding place of the young lions, <p class="indent2">Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled, <p class="indent2">With nothing to make <i>them</i> tremble? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The lion tore enough for its cubs <p class="indent2">And strangled <i>enough</i> for its lionesses <p class="indent2">And filled its lairs with torn up prey <p class="indent2">And its dens with torn up flesh. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“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.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Ch 2:2 in Heb<br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>your face</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>make your power courageous</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Those attacking Nineveh<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>crimson</i>, cf. Lam 4:5<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>fire of steel</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>On the day of his preparation</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>broad places</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>covering</i> (used in a siege)<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>gather</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>Glory</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>gather</i> their <i>radiance</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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