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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</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 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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Nineveh Will Fall</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_1"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.1" class="v34_2_1">1</span>Nineveh, someone is coming</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_1">to attack and scatter you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_1">Guard your fortresses!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_1">Watch the road! Be brave!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_1">Prepare for battle!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_2"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.2" class="v34_2_2">2</span>Judah and Israel are like trees</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_2">with branches broken</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_2">by their enemies.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_2">But the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is going to restore</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_2">their power and glory.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_2">* </span><span class="v34_2_3"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.3" class="v34_2_3">3</span>Nineveh, on this day of attack,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_3">your enemies' shields are red;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_3">their uniforms are crimson.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_4"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.4" class="v34_2_4">4</span>Their horses<a href="#fn" id="link_Nah.2.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> prance,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_4">and their armored<a href="#fn" id="link_Nah.2.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> chariots</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_4">dart around like lightning</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_4">or flaming torches.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_5"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.5" class="v34_2_5">5</span>An officer gives a command.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_5">But his soldiers stumble,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_5">as they hasten to build</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_5">a shelter to protect themselves</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_5">against rocks thrown down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_5">from the city wall.<a href="#fn" id="link_Nah.2.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_6"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.6" class="v34_2_6">6</span>The river gates<a href="#fn" id="link_Nah.2.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> fly open,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_6">and panic floods the palace.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_7"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.7" class="v34_2_7">7</span>Nineveh is disgraced.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_7">The queen is dragged off.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_7">Her servant women mourn;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_7">they moan like doves,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_7">and they beat their breasts</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_7">in sorrow.<a href="#fn" id="link_Nah.2.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_8"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.8" class="v34_2_8">8</span>Nineveh is like a pond</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_8">with leaking water.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_8">Shouts of “Stop! Don't go!”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_8">can be heard everywhere.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_8">But everyone is leaving.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_9"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.9" class="v34_2_9">9</span>Enemy soldiers shout,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_9">“The city is full of treasure</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_9">and all kinds of wealth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_9">Steal her silver! Grab her gold!”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_10"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.10" class="v34_2_10">10</span>Nineveh is doomed! Destroyed!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_10">Her people tremble with fear;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_10">their faces turn pale.<a href="#fn" id="link_Nah.2.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_11"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.11" class="v34_2_11">11</span>What happened to this city?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_11">They were safer there</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_11">than powerful lions in a den,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_11">with no one to disturb them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_12"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.12" class="v34_2_12">12</span>These are the same lions</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_12">that ferociously attacked</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_12">their victims,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_12">then dragged away the flesh</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_12">to feed their young.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_13"><span class="reftext" id="Nah.2.13" class="v34_2_13">13</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_13">is against you, Nineveh.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_13">God will burn your chariots</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_13">and send an army to kill</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_13">those young lions of yours.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_13">You will never again</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_13">make victims of others</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v34_2_13">or send messengers to threaten</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v34_2_13">everyone on this earth.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">horses: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Two ancient translations; Hebrew “spears.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">armored: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">to build … city wall: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">river gates: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Nineveh was protected by a moat filled with water from the nearby Tigris River.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sorrow: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 7.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">2.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">faces turn pale: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “ashes cover their faces.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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