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| Nahum 2:1 | He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily. | | He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your loins! Fortify your power mightily! |
| Nahum 2:2 | For Jehovah hath brought again the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel; for the wasters have wasted them, and marred their vine-branches. | | For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches. |
| Nahum 2:3 | The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots [glitter] with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished. | | The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished. |
| Nahum 2:4 | The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings. | | The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the broad ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings. |
| Nahum 2:5 | He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared. | | He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place. |
| Nahum 2:6 | The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away. | | The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. |
| Nahum 2:7 | And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts. | | It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts. |
| Nahum 2:8 | Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back. | | But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one looks back. |
| Nahum 2:9 | Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels. | | Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. |
| Nahum 2:10 | She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale. | | She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale. |
| Nahum 2:11 | Where is [now] the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, [and] the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid? | | Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid? |
| Nahum 2:12 | The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. | | The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey. |
| Nahum 2:13 | Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. | | "Behold, I am against you," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard." |
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