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| | Nah 2:1 | \1:15\Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.
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| | Nah 2:2 | \2:1\The shatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; gird your loins; collect all your strength.
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| | Nah 2:3 | \2:2\(For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have stripped them and ruined their branches.)
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| | Nah 2:4 | \2:3\The shield of his mighty men is red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots flash like flame when mustered in array; the chargers prance.
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| | Nah 2:5 | \2:4\The chariots rage in the streets, they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches, they dart like lightning.
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| | Nah 2:6 | \2:5\The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.
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| | Nah 2:7 | \2:6\The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay;
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| | Nah 2:8 | \2:7\its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.
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| | Nah 2:9 | \2:8\Nin'eveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry; but none turns back.
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| | Nah 2:10 | \2:9\Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.
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| | Nah 2:11 | \2:10\Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!
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| | Nah 2:12 | \2:11\Where is the lions' den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
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| | Nah 2:13 | \2:12\The lion tore enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
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| | Nah 2:14 | \2:13\Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.
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