Nahum 2

The Coming Invasion of Nineveh

2You are being attacked by advancing forces! Guard your rampart! Watch your roads! Prepare yourselves! Marshall your defenses!H6327H5927H6440H5341H4694H6822H1870H4975H2388H553H3581H39662For 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.H3068H7725H1347H3290H1347H3478H1238H1238H7843H21563The 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.H4043H1368H119H2428H582H8529H7393H784H6393H3117H3559H1265H74774Their chariots storm through the streets, jostling each other along broad avenues. They look like torches, as they dart around like lightning.H7393H1984H2351H8264H7339H4758H3940H7323H13005He 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.H2142H117H3782H1979H4116H2346H5526H35596The river gates will be opened, and the palace will collapse.H8179H5104H6605H1964H41277It has been determined: The woman is unveiled and sent away, her servant girls mourn. Beating their breasts, they whimper like doves.H5324H1540H5927H519H5090H6963H3123H8608H38248Nineveh is a reservoir whose water is draining away. "Wait! Wait!" they cry, yet not even one person looks back.H5210H3117H1295H4325H5127H5975H5975H64379Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure?fabulous riches of every imagination.H962H3701H962H2091H7097H8498H3519H2532H362710Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.H950H4003H1110H3820H4549H1290H6375H2479H4975H6440H6908H6289

Nineveh: the Lion’s Den Destroyed

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 -H4583H738H4829H3715H738H3833H1980H738H1482H272912This 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.H738H2963H1767H1484H2614H3833H4390H2356H2964H4585H296613"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."H5002H3068H6635H1197H7393H6227H2719H398H3715H3772H2964H776H6963H4397H8085