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^[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 piecesH6327(HiphPtc) is come upH5927(QalPerf) before thy face:H6440 keepH5341(QalInf) the munition,H4694 watchH6822(PielImpv) the way,H1870 make [thy] loinsH4975 strong,H2388(PielImpv) fortifyH553(PielImpv) [thy] powerH3581 mightily.H3966 ^[2] For the LordH3068 hath turned awayH7725(QalPerf) the excellencyH1347 of Jacob,H3290 as the excellencyH1347 of Israel:H3478 for the emptiersH1238(QalActPtc) have emptied them out,H1238(QalPerf) and marredH7843(PielPerf) their vine branches.H2156 ^[3] The shieldH4043 of his mighty menH1368 is made red,H119(PualPtc) the valiantH2428 menH582 [are] in scarlet:H8529(PualPtc) the chariotsH7393 [shall be] with flamingH784 torchesH6393 in the dayH3117 of his preparation,H3559(HiphInf) and the fir treesH1265 shall be terribly shaken.H7477(HophPerf) ^[4] The chariotsH7393 shall rageH1984(HipoImpf) in the streets,H2351 they shall justle one against anotherH8264(HippImpf) in the broad ways:H7339 they shall seemH4758 like torches,H3940 they shall runH7323(PoleImpf) like the lightnings.H1300 ^[5] He shall recountH2142(QalImpf) his worthies:H117 they shall stumbleH3782(NiphImpf) in their walk;H1979 they shall make hasteH4116(PielImpf) to the wallH2346 thereof, and the defenceH5526(QalActPtc) shall be prepared.H3559(HophPerf) ^[6] The gatesH8179 of the riversH5104 shall be opened,H6605(NiphPerf) and the palaceH1964 shall be dissolved.H4127(NiphPerf) ^[7] And HuzzabH5324(HophPerf) shall be led away captive,H1540(PualPerf) she shall be brought up,H5927(HophPerf) and her maidsH519 shall leadH5090(PielPtc) [her] as with the voiceH6963 of doves,H3123 taberingH8608(PoelPtc) upon their breasts.H3824 ^[8] But NinevehH5210 [is] of oldH3117 like a poolH1295 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 spoilH962(QalImpv) of silver,H3701 take the spoilH962(QalImpv) of gold:H2091 for [there is] none endH7097 of the storeH8498 [and] gloryH3519 out of all the pleasantH2532 furniture.H3627 ^[10] She is empty,H950 and void,H4003 and waste:H1110(PualPtc) and the heartH3820 melteth,H4549(NiphPerf) and the kneesH1290 smite together,H6375 and much painH2479 [is] in all loins,H4975 and the facesH6440 of them all gatherH6908(PielPerf) blackness.H6289 ^[11] Where [is] the dwellingH4583 of the lions,H738 and the feedingplaceH4829 of the young lions,H3715 where the lion,H738 [even] the old lion,H3833 walked,H1980(QalPerf) [and] the lion’sH738 whelp,H1482 and none made [them] afraid?H2729(HiphPtc) ^[12] The lionH738 did tear in piecesH2963(QalActPtc) enoughH1767 for his whelps,H1484 and strangledH2614(PielPtc) for his lionesses,H3833 and filledH4390(PielImpf) his holesH2356 with prey,H2964 and his densH4585 with ravin.H2966 ^[13] Behold, I [am] against thee, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 and I will burnH1197(HiphPerf) her chariotsH7393 in the smoke,H6227 and the swordH2719 shall devourH398(QalImpf) thy young lions:H3715 and I will cut offH3772(HiphPerf) thy preyH2964 from the earth,H776 and the voiceH6963 of thy messengersH4397 shall no more be heard.H8085(NiphImpf)

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