Nahum 2:1-5
The Destruction of Nineveh
1 aThe scatterer has come up against you.bMan the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle; ▼
▼Hebrew gird your loins
collect all your strength.
2For dthe Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and eruined their branches.
3The shield of his mighty men is red;
fhis soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
on the day he musters them;
the cypress spears are brandished.
4 gThe chariots race madly through the streets;
they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
they dart like lightning.
5He remembers hhis officers;
ithey stumble as they go,
they hasten to the wall;
the siege tower ▼
▼Or the mantelet
is set up.
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