Nahum 2



1.  He that dasheth in pieces * is come up * before thy face: keep * the munition, watch * the way, make thy loins strong * , fortify * thy power mightily.

2.  For the LORD hath turned away * the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers * have emptied them out * , and marred * their vine branches.

3.  The shield of his mighty men is made red * , the valiant men are in scarlet * : the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation * , and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken * .

4.  The chariots shall rage * in the streets, they shall justle one against another * in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run * like the lightnings.

5.  He shall recount * his worthies: they shall stumble * in their walk; they shall make haste * to the wall thereof, and the defence * shall be prepared * .

6.  The gates of the rivers shall be opened * , and the palace shall be dissolved * .

7.  And Huzzab * shall be led away captive * , she shall be brought up * , and her maids shall lead * her as with the voice of doves, tabering * upon their breasts.

8.  But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away * . Stand * , stand * , shall they cry; but none shall look back * .

9.  Take ye the spoil * of silver, take the spoil * of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

10.  She is empty, and void, and waste * : and the heart melteth * , and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather * blackness.

11.  Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked * , and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid * ?

12.  The lion did tear in pieces * enough for his whelps, and strangled * for his lionesses, and filled * his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

13.  Behold, I am against thee, saith * the LORD of hosts, and I will burn * her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour * thy young lions: and I will cut off * thy prey from the earth,and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard * .