Nahum 2 NIV ISV Parallel

◄ Nahum 2 ►

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1An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!

1 You are being attacked by advancing forces! Guard your rampart! Watch your roads! Prepare yourselves! Marshall your defenses!

2The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.

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 the soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of juniper 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 storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.

4Their chariots storm through the streets, jostling each other along broad avenues. They look like torches, as they dart around like lightning.

5Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

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 river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

6The river gates will be opened, and the palace will collapse.

7It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat 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.

8Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, 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! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!

9Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure— fabulous riches of every imagination.

10She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.

10Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.

11Where now is the lions' den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?

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 killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.

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"I am against you," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer 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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