Nah 2 | ABEn | STEP | He is finished, he is consumed, [ 4 ascended 5 breathing 6 in 7 your face 1 the one being lifted away 2 from out of 3 affliction]. Watch the way! Hold the loin! Be [ 2 manly 3 in 4 strength 1 very]!

Nahum 2

CHAPTER 2 The Destruction of Nineveh

1 He is finished, he is consumed, [⁴ascended ⁵breathing ⁶in ⁷your face ¹the one being lifted away ²from out of ³affliction]. Watch the way! Hold the loin! Be [²manly ³in ⁴strength ¹very]! 2 For the lord perverted the insolence of Jacob, as the insolence of Israel; for the ones shaking off shook them off, and [²their vine branches ¹they ruined]. 3 The weapons of his command of men [²men ¹are mighty] mocking with fire; the reins of their chariots in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be making a disruption. 4 In the ways; [³shall be in tumult ¹the ²chariots], and shall be closely joined in the squares; the sight of them as lamps of fire, and as lightnings running along. 5 And [²shall be remembering ¹their great men], and shall flee by day; and they shall be weak in their goings; and they shall hasten unto the walls, and they shall prepare [²advance guards ¹their]. 6 Gates of the cities were opened wide, and the palaces fell into ruin, 7 and the support was uncovered; and she ascended, and her maidservants were led away as doves, uttering sounds in their hearts. 8 And Nineveh, [²are as ³a pool ⁴of water ¹her waters]; and they fleeing did not stand, and there was none paying attention. 9 They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no limit to her decoration; they were weighed down by all [²items ¹her desirable]. 10 Thrusting and violent shaking, and tumult, and heart breaking, and loosening of the knees, and pangs on every loin, and the face of all as a burnt earthen pot. 11 Where is the home of the lions, and the pasture being to the cubs? Where [²go ¹did the lion], for [³to enter ⁴there ²cub ¹the lion], and there was none frightening? 12 The lion seized by force the things fit for his cubs, and choked prey for his young lions, and filled [²with game ¹his nest], and his home of things of seizure. 13 Behold, I am against you, says the lord almighty, and I will burn away [³in ⁴smoke ²multitude ¹your], and your lions I will devour by the broadsword, and I will utterly destroy [²from out of ³the ⁴land ¹your game], and in no way should [²be heard of ³yet ¹your works].