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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Nahum 2 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/nahum/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/nahum/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > Nahum 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nahum/1.htm" title="Nahum 1">◄</a> Nahum 2 <a href="../nahum/3.htm" title="Nahum 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/nahum/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Overthrow of Nineveh<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The hammer came up upon thy face: press upon the fortress, look about the way, strengthen the loins, make the power strong greatly.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For Jehovah turned back the pride of Jacob as the pride of Israel: for they emptying emptied them out, they corrupted their vine-shoots.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The shield of the strong ones being red, the men of strength being clothed in scarlet: with fire of irons the chariots in the day of his preparing, and the cypresses were made to tremble.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The chariots shall be mad in the streets, they shall run up and down in the broad places: their appearance as flames; as lightnings shall they run.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He shall make mention of his chiefs: they shall be weak in their goings; they shall hasten to her wall, and the covering was prepared.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The gates of the rivers were opened, and the temple melted away.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>It was fixed, she was led away captive, she went up and her maids being led as the voice of doves smiting upon their heart.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Nineveh it is as a pool of water from the days, and they fleeing, stood: they stood, and none looking back.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They plundered silver, they plundered gold: and no end to her splendid equipage; glory from all the vessels of desire.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>She was emptied, and being emptied, and being made empty: and the heart melted, and a wavering of the knees, and trembling in all loins, and the face of them all gathered a glow.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Where is the dwelling of the lions and that pasture for the young lions where the lion went, the lioness there, the lion's whelp, and none terrifying?<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The lion tore in pieces the sufficiency of his whelps, and strangling for his lionesses; and his holes shall be filled with the prey, and his dens with that torn in pieces.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/nahum/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Behold me against thee, says Jehovah of armies; and I burnt her chariot in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I cut of thy prey from the land, and the voice of her messengers shall no more be heard.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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