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Nahum 2

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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, ⓔ insides churn, ⓕ 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 Armies. 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, ⓔ insides churn, ⓕ 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 Armies. 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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^{Nahum 2:2 [4]} Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10

^{Nahum 2:3 [5]} Or was

^{Nahum 2:4 [6]} At this point the Hebrew text has in Aramaic, indicating that the text from here through the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic.

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