Berean Standard Bible

Nahum 3:12-19

12AllH3605 your fortressesH4013 are fig treesH8384 withH5973 the first ripe figsH1061; whenH518 shakenH5128, they fallH5307 intoH5921 the mouthH6310 of the eaterH398!

13Look atH2009 your troopsH5971—they are like your womenH802 H7130!The gatesH8179 of your landH776are wide openH6605 to your enemiesH341;fireH784 consumesH398 their barsH1280.

14DrawH7579 your waterH4325 for the siegeH4692;strengthenH2388 your fortressesH4013.WorkH935 the clayH2916 and treadH7429 the mortarH2563;repairH2388 the brickH4404 kiln!15ThereH8033 the fireH784 will devour youH398;the swordH2719 will cut you downH3772and consume youH398 like a young locustH3218.Make yourself manyH3513 like the young locustH3218;make yourself manyH3513 like the swarming locustH697!16You have multipliedH7235 your merchantsH7402more than the starsH3556 of the skyH8064.The young locustH3218 strips the landH6584and flies awayH5774.17Your guardsH4502 1 are like the swarming locustH697,and your scribesH2951 2 like clouds of locustsH1462that settleH2583 on the wallsH1448 on a coldH7135 dayH3117.When the sunH8121 risesH2224, they fly awayH5074,and noH3808 one knowsH3045 H4725 whereH335.

18O kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, your shepherdsH7462 slumberH5123;your officersH117 sleepH7931.Your peopleH5971 are scatteredH6335 onH5921 the mountainsH2022with no oneH369 to gather themH6908.19There is noH369 healingH3545 for your injuryH7667;your woundH4347 is severeH2470.AllH3605 who hearH8085 the news of youH8088applaudH8628 H3709 yourH5921 downfall,forH3588 H5921 whoH4310 has notH3808 experiencedH5674your constantH8548 crueltyH7451?

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