{"book":"Nahum","slug":"nahum","ch":2,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Nahum","prev":"nahum/1","next":"nahum/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"One who scatters advances against you, [O Nineveh]. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!","f":["Hebrew Strengthen your loins!"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"One who scatters advances"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against you, [O Nineveh]."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Guard the fortress!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Watch the road!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Brace yourselves!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Summon all your strength!"}],"h":"The Overthrow of Nineveh","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like the splendor of Israel,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"though destroyers have laid them waste"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and ruined the branches of their vine."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.","f":["Hebrew; alternately, the spears may be of pine or juniper or fir; LXX and Syriac they are prepared, and the horsemen rush to and fro."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The shields of his mighty men are red;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The fittings of the chariots flash like fire"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the day they are prepared,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and the spears of cypress"},{"style":"indent2","t":"have been brandished."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The chariots dash through the streets;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they rush around the plazas,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"appearing like torches,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"darting about like lightning."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He summons his nobles;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they stumble as they advance."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They race to its wall;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the protective shield is set in place."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The river gates are thrown open"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the palace collapses."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"It is decreed that [the city] be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"It is decreed that [the city] be exiled"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and carried away;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"her maidservants moan like doves,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and beat upon their breasts."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away.“ Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Nineveh has been like a pool of water"},{"style":"indent2","t":"throughout her days,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but now it is draining away."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Stop! Stop!” they cry,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but no one turns back."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"“ Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Plunder the silver!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Plunder the gold!”"},{"style":"indent1","t":"There is no end to the treasure,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"an abundance of every precious thing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She is emptied!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Yes, she is desolate and laid waste!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Hearts melt, knees knock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with [their] cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Where is the lions’ lair"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the feeding ground of the young lions,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"where the lion and lioness prowled with [their] cubs,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with nothing to frighten them away?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The lion mauled enough for its cubs"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and strangled prey for the lioness."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It filled its dens with the kill,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and its lairs with mauled prey."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"“ Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts.“ I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Behold, I am against you,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the LORD of Hosts."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will reduce your chariots to cinders,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the sword will devour your young lions."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will cut off your prey from the earth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the voices of your messengers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will no longer be heard.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"}]}