Nahum Chapter 2
I’ll completely destroy them. Nah 1:15
Nineveh to Fall
1 Attackers are advancing to crush you, Nineveh.
Man the ramparts, guard the road,
muster your forces, get ready.
2 Yahveh is going to restore majesty to Jacob,
splendor to Israel;
because plunderers have stripped it
and cut the branches off its grapevines.
Nah 2:1-2
3 The shields of the valiant flash red;
the soldiers wear scarlet uniforms;
the chariots glitter like steel
as they muster into formation;
they rattle their cypress spears.
4 The chariots rush madly down the streets
and race wildly around the squares.
They shine like torches,
dashing here and there like lightning.
5 The king orders his officers;
they scramble around in their haste
and hurry to the wall to set up defenses.
6 But their enemy tears open the gates of the river
to undermine the palace.
7 They strip it and loot it.
Its young women moan like pigeons
and beat their chests.
Nah 2:3-7
8 Nineveh is like a leaking reservoir.
“Stop! Stop! deserting residents!”
but none of them even look back.
9 Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
Treasure without limit,
wealth of all kinds!
10 The city is desolate and in ruins!
Hearts melt and knees knock!
Loins throb in pain; faces turn pale! Nah 2:8-10
11 Where’s that lion’s den now,
that feeding place for young lions,
where the lion brought its prey,
where its cubs stayed unthreatened,
12where it tore off enough for its cubs
and strangled prey for its lionesses?
It filled its lair with prey, with mutilated meat.
13 Yahveh of Hosts says,
“I’m your enemy.
I’ll burn your chariots in smoke,
kill your young lions with a sword,
and leave you with no nations to prey on.
Your ambassadors won’t be bringing reports anymore.”