Nahum 2

1He that dasheth in pieces is come upH5921 beforeH5921 thy face: keepH3254 the munition, watchH2009 the wayH3605, makeH3772 thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 2For the LORD bringeth againH6440 the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them outH2388, and marred their vine branches. 3The shield of his mighty menH3478 is madeH7725 red, the valiant menH3478 are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the spears are shaken terribly. 4The chariotsH7393 rage in the streets, they justle one againstH376 anotherH376 in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like the lightnings. 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 carried awayH4127, and herH8179 handmaids mourn as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. 8But NinevehH5324 hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee awayH1540; StandH5324, standH5324, they cryH6963; but none looketh backH5927. 9TakeH5975 ye the spoil of silver, takeH5975 the spoil of gold: for there is noneH369 end of the store, the glory of allH3117 pleasant furniture. 10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in allH3605 loins, and the faces of them allH3605 are waxed pale. 11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding placeH3605 of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, and noneH3605 madeH3605 them afraid? 12The lionH738 didH834 tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin. 13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn herH4390 chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lionsH738: and I will cut off thy preyH2964 from the earth, and the voice of thy messengersH4390 shall no more be heard.