Nahum2
The Divine Warrior Will Attack Nineveh
1⸤One who shatters⸥ has come up against you!Guard the fortification!Watch the road! Gird your loins!⸤Muster⸥ all your strength!2For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacoblike the majesty of Israel;for ravagers have ravaged themand ruined their branches.The Enemy Army Conquers the City of Nineveh
3The shields of his warriors are dyed red;The powerful men are dressed in scarlet.The metal of the chariots shines like fire ⸤on the day of battle⸥, and their spears quiver.4The chariots race madly through the streets;they rush back and forth in the public squares.Their appearance like lightning bolts,they dart about like flashes of lightning.5He calls his officers;they stumble as they march;they rush to her wall;they set the covering in place.6The gates of the river are opened;the palace trembles.7⸤Her goddess is taken out and taken into exile⸥; her maidservants moan like doves;they beat on their breasts.8Nineveh is like a pool of water without its water. ⸤As they flee⸥, she cries, “Stop! Stop!”But there is no one who turns back.9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of ⸤everything one could want⸥! 10Emptiness and plundering and devastation!Their hearts faint and their knees tremble, ⸤All their loins shake⸥ and all their faces ⸤turn⸥ pale.The Divine Warrior Will Hunt down the Mighty Lions
11Where now is the den of the lionsand the cave of the fierce lions?There the lioness, the cub, and the lion once ⸤prowled⸥, ⸤and no one disturbed them⸥. 12The lion tore apart enough prey for his cubs,he strangled prey for his lioness;he filled ⸤his lair⸥ with preyand his den with mangled carcass.13“Look! I am against you!” ⸤declares⸥ Yahweh of hosts.“I will burn her chariots ⸤with fire⸥; the sword will devour fierce lions.I will cut off your prey from the earth;the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”Logos Bible Software