| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1The one who scatters has come up against you. Man the fortress, watch the road; Strengthen your back, summon all your strength. | 1 You are being attacked by advancing forces! Guard your rampart! Watch your roads! Prepare yourselves! Marshall your defenses! |
| 2For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob Like the splendor of Israel, Even though devastators have devastated them And destroyed their vine branches. | 2For the LORD will restore the glory of Jacob, just as he will restore the glory of Israel, although plunderers have devastated them, vandalizing their vine branches. |
| 3The shields of his mighty men are colored red, The warriors are dressed in scarlet, The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel When he is prepared to march, And the cypress spears are brandished. | 3The shields deployed by Israel's elite forces are scarlet, their valiant men are clothed in crimson. When they are prepared, the polished armament on their chariots will shine, and lances will be brandished about ferociously. |
| 4The chariots race madly in the streets, They rush wildly in the squares, Their appearance is like torches, They dash to and fro like lightning flashes. | 4Their chariots storm through the streets, jostling each other along broad avenues. They look like torches, as they dart around like lightning. |
| 5He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their march, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up. | 5He will remember to summon his finest troops. They will stumble on their way, hurrying over to Nineveh's wall. Their defensive shield is in place. |
| 6The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved. | 6The river gates will be opened, and the palace will collapse. |
| 7It is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts. | 7It has been determined: The woman is unveiled and sent away, her servant girls mourn. Beating their breasts, they whimper like doves. |
| 8Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; "Stop, stop," But no one turns back. | 8Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away. "Wait! Wait!" they cry, yet not even one person looks back. |
| 9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no limit to the treasure-- Wealth from every kind of desirable object. | 9Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure— fabulous riches of every imagination. |
| 10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! Hearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in the whole body And all their faces are grown pale! | 10Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale. |
| 11Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness and lion's cub prowled, With nothing to disturb them? | 11Where is this lion's den? Where is the place where the young lions fed, where the lion and its mate walked with their young, the place where they feared nothing? |
| 12The lion tore enough for his cubs, Killed enough for his lionesses, And filled his lairs with prey And his dens with torn flesh. | 12This lion renders its prey to pieces to feed its whelps, and strangles enough prey for its mate, filling its lairs with prey and its dens with rendered flesh. |
| 13"Behold, I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts. "I will burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard." | 13"I am against you," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I will send your chariots up in smoke. A sword will devour your young lions, I will eliminate your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard." |
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