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Strengthen the loins!">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Marshall your defenses!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:1 Lit. Marshall power">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For the LORD will restore the glory of Jacob,</p> <p class="poetry2">just as he will restore<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 The Heb. lacks will restore">e</a></span> the glory of Israel,</p> <p class="poetry2">although plunderers have devastated them,</p> <p class="poetry2">vandalizing their vine branches.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The shields deployed by<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 Lit. shield of">f</a></span> Israel’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 Lit. its">g</a></span> elite forces are scarlet,</p> <p class="poetry2">their valiant men are clothed in crimson.</p> <p class="poetry2">When they are prepared,</p> <p class="poetry2">the polished armament on their chariots will shine,</p> <p class="poetry2">and lances will be brandished about ferociously.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:3 The Heb. lacks ferociously">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Their chariots storm through the streets,</p> <p class="poetry2">jostling each other along broad avenues.</p> <p class="poetry2">They look like torches,</p> <p class="poetry2">as they dart around like lightning.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He will remember to summon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 The Heb. lacks to summon">i</a></span> his finest troops.</p> <p class="poetry2">They will stumble on their way,</p> <p class="poetry2">hurrying over to Nineveh’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:5 The Heb. lacks Nineveh’s">j</a></span> wall.</p> <p class="poetry2">Their defensive shield is in place.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The river gates will be opened,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the palace will collapse.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>It has been determined:</p> <p class="poetry2">The woman<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:7 i.e. Nineveh personified as a woman">k</a></span> is unveiled and sent away,</p> <p class="poetry2">her servant girls mourn.</p> <p class="poetry2">Beating their breasts,</p> <p class="poetry2">they whimper like doves.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away.</p> <p class="poetry2">“Wait! Wait!” they cry,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:8 The Heb. lacks they cry">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">yet not even one person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:8 The Heb. lacks person">m</a></span> looks back.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Take the silver! Take the gold!</p> <p class="poetry2">There is no end to the treasure—</p> <p class="poetry2">fabulous riches of every imagination.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Nineveh<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 Lit. She; i.e. Nineveh personified as a woman">n</a></span> is devastated, deserted, and desolate.</p> <p class="poetry2">Her heart melts, her knees knock.</p> <p class="poetry2">Every stomach is upset,</p> <p class="poetry2">every face grows pale.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:10 Lit. gathers blackness; cf. Joel 2:6b">o</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Nineveh: the Lion’s Den Destroyed</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Where is this lion’s den?</p> <p class="poetry2">Where is the place where the young lions fed,</p> <p class="poetry2">where the lion and its mate walked with their young,</p> <p class="poetry2">the place where they feared nothing?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>This lion renders its prey to pieces to feed its whelps,</p> <p class="poetry2">and strangles enough prey<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:12 The Heb. lacks prey">p</a></span> for its mate,</p> <p class="poetry2">filling its lairs with prey</p> <p class="poetry2">and its dens with rendered flesh.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“I am against you,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies,</p> <p class="poetry2">“and I will send your chariots up in smoke.</p> <p class="poetry2">A sword will devour your young lions,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will eliminate your prey from the earth,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:1 This verse is 2:2 in MT, and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>the road</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>Strengthen the loins!</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>Marshall power</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:2 The Heb. lacks <i>will restore</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:3 Lit. <i>shield of</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:3 Lit. <i>its</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:3 The Heb. lacks <i>ferociously</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:5 The Heb. lacks <i>to summon</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:5 The Heb. lacks <i>Nineveh’s</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 2:7 i.e. Nineveh personified as a woman<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 2:8 The Heb. lacks <i>they cry</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 2:8 The Heb. lacks <i>person</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 2:10 Lit. <i>She</i>; i.e. Nineveh personified as a woman<br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 2:10 Lit. <i>gathers blackness</i>; cf. 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