Book of Nahum, Chapter 2
Nahum 2 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 2 of Nahum—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ [a]The one who 1scatters has come up against [b]you.
Man the fortress, watch the road;
[c]Strengthen your back, [d]summon all your strength. - For the LORD will restore the 2splendor of Jacob
3Like the splendor of Israel,
Even though devastators have devastated them
And 4destroyed their vine branches. - ¶ The shields of [e]his mighty men are colored red,
The warriors are dressed in 5scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in [f]flashing steel
[g]When he is prepared to march,
And the cypress 6spears are brandished. - The 7chariots race madly in the streets,
They rush wildly in the [h]squares,
Their appearance is like torches,
They dash to and fro like lightning flashes. - He remembers his 8nobles;
They 9stumble in their march,
They hurry to her wall,
And the [i]mantelet is set up. - The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace is dissolved. - It is fixed:
She is stripped, she is carried away,
And her handmaids are 10moaning like the sound of doves,
11Beating on their [j]breasts. - ¶ Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But 12no one turns back. - Plunder the silver!
Plunder the 13gold!
For there is no limit to the treasure—
Wealth from every kind of desirable object. - She is 14emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste!
15Hearts are melting and knees knocking!
Also anguish is in [k]the whole body
And all their 16faces are grown pale! - Where is the den of the lions
And the feeding place of the 17young lions,
Where the lion, lioness and lion’s cub prowled,
With nothing to disturb them? - The lion tore enough for his cubs,
[l]Killed enough for his lionesses,
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh. - ¶ “Behold, 18I am against you,” declares the LORD of hosts. “I will 19burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will 20cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Ch 2:2 in Heb
- ^ Lit your face
- ^ Lit Make strong your loins
- ^ Lit strengthen power greatly
- ^ I.e. those attacking Nineveh
- ^ Lit fire of steel
- ^ Lit On the day of his preparation
- ^ Lit broad places
- ^ Lit covering used in a siege
- ^ Lit hearts
- ^ Lit all the loin
- ^ Lit Strangled
REFERENCES
- ^ Je 51:20-23
- ^ Is 60:15
- ^ Eze 37:21-23
- ^ Ps 80:12, 13
- ^ Eze 23:14, 15
- ^ Jb 39:23
- ^ Is 66:15; Je 4:13; Eze 26:10; Na 3:2, 3
- ^ Na 3:18
- ^ Je 46:12
- ^ Is 38:14; 59:11
- ^ Is 32:12
- ^ Je 46:5; 47:3
- ^ Re 18:12, 16
- ^ Is 24:1; 34:10-13; Na 2:2
- ^ Ps 22:14; Is 13:7, 8; Eze 21:7
- ^ Jl 2:6
- ^ Is 5:29
- ^ Je 21:13; Eze 5:8; Na 3:5
- ^ Jos 11:6, 9; Ps 46:9
- ^ Is 49:24, 25; Na 3:1
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