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World English Bible Classic
[1] He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily! [2] For Yahweh restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel, for the destroyers have destroyed them and ruined their vine branches. [3] 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. [4] The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings. [5] He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place. [6] The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. [7] It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her servants moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts. [8] 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. [9] Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. [10] She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale. [11] Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked with the lion’s cubs, and no one made them afraid? [12] The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey. [13] “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “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.”
King James Version
[1] He that dasheth§ in pieces H6327 (HiphPtc) is come up H5927 (QalPerf) before thy face: H6440 keep H5341 (QalInf) the munition, H4694 watch H6822 (PielImpv) the way, H1870 make thy loins H4975 strong, H2388 (PielImpv) fortify H553 (PielImpv) thy power H3581 mightily. H3966 [2] For the Lord H3068 hath turned away H7725 (QalPerf) the excellency H1347 of Jacob, H3290 as the excellency H1347 of Israel: H3478§ for the emptiers H1238 (QalActPtc) have emptied them out, H1238 (QalPerf) and marred H7843 (PielPerf) their vine branches. H2156

Attack on Nineveh

[3] The shield H4043 of his mighty men H1368 is made red, H119 (PualPtc) the valiant H2428 men H582 are in scarlet:§ H8529 (PualPtc) the chariots H7393 shall be with flaming H784 torches H6393§ in the day H3117 of his preparation, H3559 (HiphInf) and the fir trees H1265 shall be terribly shaken. H7477 (HophPerf) [4] The chariots H7393 shall rage H1984 (HipoImpf) in the streets, H2351 they shall justle one against another H8264 (HippImpf) in the broad ways: H7339 they shall seem H4758§ like torches, H3940 they shall run H7323 (PoleImpf) like the lightnings. H1300 [5] He shall recount H2142 (QalImpf) his worthies: H117§ they shall stumble H3782 (NiphImpf) in their walk; H1979 they shall make haste H4116 (PielImpf) to the wall H2346 thereof, and the defence H5526 (QalActPtc) shall be prepared. H3559 (HophPerf) [6] The gates H8179 of the rivers H5104 shall be opened, H6605 (NiphPerf) and the palace H1964 shall be dissolved. H4127 (NiphPerf)§ [7] And Huzzab H5324 (HophPerf)§ shall be led away§ captive, H1540 (PualPerf) she shall be brought up, H5927 (HophPerf) and her maids H519 shall lead H5090 (PielPtc) her as with the voice H6963 of doves, H3123 tabering H8608 (PoelPtc) upon their breasts. H3824 [8] But Nineveh H5210 is of old§ H3117 like a pool H1295 of water: H4325 yet they shall flee away. H5127 (QalPtc) Stand, H5975 (QalImpv) stand, H5975 (QalImpv) shall they cry; but none shall look back.§ H6437 (HiphPtc) [9] Take ye the spoil H962 (QalImpv) of silver, H3701 take the spoil H962 (QalImpv) of gold: H2091 for there is none end H7097 of the store H8498§ and glory H3519 out of all the pleasant H2532 furniture. H3627§ [10] She is empty, H950 and void, H4003 and waste: H1110 (PualPtc) and the heart H3820 melteth, H4549 (NiphPerf) and the knees H1290 smite together, H6375 and much pain H2479 is in all loins, H4975 and the faces H6440 of them all gather H6908 (PielPerf) blackness. H6289 [11] Where is the dwelling H4583 of the lions, H738 and the feedingplace H4829 of the young lions, H3715 where the lion, H738 even the old lion, H3833 walked, H1980 (QalPerf) and the lion’s H738 whelp, H1482 and none made them afraid? H2729 (HiphPtc) [12] The lion H738 did tear in pieces H2963 (QalActPtc) enough H1767 for his whelps, H1484 and strangled H2614 (PielPtc) for his lionesses, H3833 and filled H4390 (PielImpf) his holes H2356 with prey, H2964 and his dens H4585 with ravin. H2966 [13] Behold, I am against thee, saith H5002 (QalPasPtc) the Lord H3068 of hosts, H6635 and I will burn H1197 (HiphPerf) her chariots H7393 in the smoke, H6227 and the sword H2719 shall devour H398 (QalImpf) thy young lions: H3715 and I will cut off H3772 (HiphPerf) thy prey H2964 from the earth, H776 and the voice H6963 of thy messengers H4397 shall no more be heard. H8085 (NiphImpf)

Footnotes

  1. § 2:1 Or, the disperser or hammer
  2. § 2:2 Or, the pride of Jacob and the pride of Israel
  3. § 2:3a Or, dyed scarlet
  4. § 2:3b Heb. fiery torches
  5. § 2:4 Heb. their show
  6. § 2:5 Or, gallants
  7. § 2:6 Or, molten
  8. § 2:7a Or, That which was established, or, there was a stand made
  9. § 2:7b Or, discovered
  10. § 2:8a Or, from the days that she hath been
  11. § 2:8b Or, cause to turn
  12. § 2:9a Or, And their infinite store, etc.
  13. § 2:9b Heb. vessels of desire
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