Nahum 2

2^||He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face:

^cKeep the munition, ^dwatch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

^2ddFor the Lord hath turned away ^||ethe excellency of Jacob,

As the excellency of Israel:

For ^gthe emptiers have emptied them out,

And ^hmarred their vine branches.

³The shield of his mighty men is ⁱmade red,

The valiant men are ^||kin scarlet:

The chariots shall be with ^||flaming ^ltorches in the day of his preparation,

And the fir trees shall be ^mterribly shaken.

⁴ⁿThe chariots shall ⁿⁿrage in the streets,

They shall ^ojustle one against another in the broad ways:

^†They shall seem like torches,

They shall ^orun like the lightnings.

⁵He shall recount his ^||worthies:

^pThey shall stumble in their walk;

They shall make haste to the wall thereof,

And the ^†defence shall be prepared.

^6rThe gates of the rivers shall be opened,

And the palace shall be ^||sdissolved.

⁷And ^||uHuzzab shall be ^||vled away captive, she shall be brought up,

And her maids shall lead her as with the voice of ^wdoves,

^xTabering upon their breasts.

⁸But ^yNineveh is ^||of old like ^za pool of water:

Yet ^athey shall flee away.

Stand, stand, ^bshall they cry; but none shall ^||clook back.

⁹Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold:

^||For there is none end of ^dthe store and glory out of all the ^†pleasant furniture.

^10eShe is empty, and void, and ^fwaste:

And ^gthe heart melteth, and ^hthe knees smite together,

And ^himuch pain is in all loins,

And ^kthe faces of them all gather blackness.

¹¹Where is the dwelling of ^lthe lions,

And the feedingplace of the ^lmyoung lions,

Where ^lnthe lion, even ^lmnthe old lion, walked,

And ^lnthe lion’s whelp, and ^onone made them afraid?

^12lpThe lion did tear in pieces enough ^qfor his whelps,

And strangled for his ^rlionesses,

And ^pfilled his holes ^swith prey,

And his dens with ravin.

^13tBehold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts,

And ^uI will burn her chariots in the smoke,

And the sword shall devour ^lthy young lions:

And I will cut off ^sthy prey from the earth,

And the voice of ^vthy messengers shall no more be heard.