Nahum 2 - Prayer Tents

Nineveh to Fall

2An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!H6327H5927H6440H5341H4694H6822H1870H4975H2388H553H3581H3966 2The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.H3068H7725H1347H3290H1347H3478H1238H1238H7843H2156 3The shields of his 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 pine are brandished.H4043H1368H119H2428H582H8529H7393H784H6393H3117H3559H1265H7477 4The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.H7393H1984H2351H8264H7339H4758H3940H7323H1300 5He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.H2142H117H3782H1979H4116H2346H5526H3559 6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.H8179H5104H6605H1964H4127 7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.H5324H1540H5927H519H5090H6963H3123H8608H3824 8Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.H5210H3117H1295H4325H5127H5975H5975H6437 9Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!H962H3701H962H2091H7097H8498H3519H2532H3627 10She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.H950H4003H1110H3820H4549H1290H6375H2479H4975H6440H6908H6289 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?H4583H738H4829H3715H738H3833H1980H738H1482H2729 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.H738H2963H1767H1484H2614H3833H4390H2356H2964H4585H2966 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."H5002H3068H6635H1197H7393H6227H2719H398H3715H3772H2964H776H6963H4397H8085