Revised Version 1895

Nahum 2:5-10

5He remembereth his worthies: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

6The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

7And Huzzab is uncovered, she is carriedawayנָמֽוֹג׃na.MogH4127, andherשַׁעֲרֵ֥יsha.'a.ReiH8179handmaids mourn as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

8ButNinevehH5324hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they fleeawayגֻּלְּתָ֣הgu.le.TahH1540;StandH5324,standH5324, theycryכְּק֣וֹלke.KolH6963; but none lookethbackהֹֽעֲלָ֑תָהho.'a.La.tahH5927.

9Takeעִמְד֥וּ'im.DuH5975ye the spoil of silver,takeעֲמֹ֖דוּ'a.Mo.duH5975the spoil of gold: for there isnoneH369end of the store, the glory ofallמִ֣ימֵיMi.meiH3117pleasant furniture.

10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is inallH3605loins, and the faces of themallH3605are waxed pale.

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