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Nahum 2

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ One who scatters is coming up against you. Man the fortifications! Watch the road! Brace [1] yourself! Summon all your strength! ⓐ

² For the LORD will restore the majesty of Jacob, yes, [2] the majesty of Israel, though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their vine branches. ⓑ

³ The shields of his [3] warriors are dyed red; the valiant men are dressed in scarlet. ⓒ The fittings of the chariot flash like fire on the day of its battle preparations, and the spears are brandished.

⁴ The chariots dash madly through the streets; they rush around in the plazas. They look like torches; they dart back and forth like lightning.

⁵ He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

⁶ The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away. ⓓ

⁷ Beauty [4] is stripped, [5] she is carried away; her ladies-in-waiting moan like the sound of doves, ⓔ and beat their breasts.

⁸ Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, [6] but they are fleeing. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

⁹ “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. ⓕ

¹⁰ Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, ⓖ knees tremble, loins shake, every face grows pale! ⓗ

¹¹ Where is the lions’ lair, ⓘ or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled, and the lion’s cub, with nothing to frighten them away? ⓙ

¹² The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled prey for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey. ⓚ

¹³ Beware, I am against you. ⓛ — This is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts. I will make your chariots go up in smoke [7] and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the sound of your messengers will never be heard again.

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1	One who scatters is coming up against you. Man the fortifications! Watch the road! Brace [1] yourself! Summon all your strength! ⓐ
2	For the LORD will restore the majesty of Jacob, yes, [2] the majesty of Israel, though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their vine branches. ⓑ
3	The shields of his [3] warriors are dyed red; the valiant men are dressed in scarlet. ⓒ The fittings of the chariot flash like fire on the day of its battle preparations, and the spears are brandished.
4	The chariots dash madly through the streets; they rush around in the plazas. They look like torches; they dart back and forth like lightning.
5	He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
6	The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away. ⓓ
7	Beauty [4] is stripped, [5] she is carried away; her ladies-in-waiting moan like the sound of doves, ⓔ and beat their breasts.
8	Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, [6] but they are fleeing. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
9	“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. ⓕ
10	Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, ⓖ knees tremble, loins shake, every face grows pale! ⓗ
11	Where is the lions’ lair, ⓘ or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled, and the lion’s cub, with nothing to frighten them away? ⓙ
12	The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled prey for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey. ⓚ
13	Beware, I am against you. ⓛ — This is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts. I will make your chariots go up in smoke [7] and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the sound of your messengers will never be heard again.

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