Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
One
who
scatters
advances
against you,
O
Nineveh.
Guard
the fortress !
Watch the road!
Brace
yourselves!
Summon
all
your
strength!
He
that
dasheth
in
pieces
is
come
up
against thee:
keep
the fortress ,
watch the way,
make
thy
loins
strong,
fortify
thy
power
mightily.
For the
LORD
will
restore
the splendor
of Jacob like
the splendor
of Israel ,
though
destroyers
have laid
them waste
and ruined
the
branches
of
their vine.
For Jehovah
restoreth
the excellency
of Jacob ,
as
the excellency
of Israel ;
for
the
emptiers
have emptied
them out,
and destroyed
their vine -branches
.
The shields
of his mighty men are
red ;
the valiant warriors
are dressed
in scarlet .
The
fittings
of
the chariots flash like
fire
on
the day they
are
prepared
, and the spears
of
cypress have
been
brandished.
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 cypress `spears'
are
brandished.
The chariots dash
through
the streets; they rush around
the plazas,
appearing
like torches ,
darting
about
like lightning
.
The chariots rage
in
the streets; they rush to
and
fro
in
the broad
ways:
the
appearance
of
them
is
like torches ;
they
run
like the
lightnings
.
He summons
his nobles ;
they stumble as
they
advance.
They race
to its
wall ;
the protective
shield
is set
in
place
.
He remembereth
his nobles :
they stumble in
their
march;
they make
haste
to the
wall thereof,
and
the mantelet
is prepared
.
The river
gates are thrown
open
and the palace collapses
.
The gates of
the
rivers
are opened,
and the palace is
dissolved
.
It is decreed that
the
city
be
exiled
and
carried away; her maidservants
moan like
doves, and
beat
upon their breasts.
And
it is decreed :
she
is
uncovered,
she
is
carried away; and
her handmaids
moan as
with
the
voice
of
doves, beating
upon their breasts.
Nineveh has
been like a pool of water throughout
her
days,
but
now
it
is
draining
away. “Stop!
Stop!”
they cry ,
but no
one
turns
back.
But
Nineveh hath
been from
of
old
like a pool of water :
yet
they
flee
away. Stand,
stand,
`
they cry ';
but none
looketh
back.
“Plunder
the silver !
Plunder
the gold !”
There is no end to
the treasure
, an
abundance
of every
precious
thing
.
Take
ye
the spoil
of
silver ,
take
the spoil
of
gold ;
for
there is no end of
the store
, the
glory
of all
goodly
furniture
.
She is emptied!
Yes
, she
is
desolate
and laid
waste !
Hearts
melt
, knees knock
, bodies
tremble
, and every
face
grows
pale !
She is empty
, and void,
and
waste ;
and
the
heart
melteth
, and
the
knees smite
together
, and
anguish
is
in
all
loins
, and the
faces
of
them
all
are
waxed
pale .
Where is the lions ’
lair
or
the feeding ground
of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled
with
their
cubs
, with
nothing
to
frighten
them away
?
Where is the den
of
the
lions ,
and
the feeding -place
of the young lions, where the lion `
and '
the
lioness walked
, the
lion's
whelp,
and
none
made
them afraid
?
The lion mauled
enough for its
cubs
and strangled prey
for the
lioness.
It
filled its
dens
with the
kill
, and its
lairs
with mauled
prey
.
The lion did
tear
in
pieces
enough for his
whelps,
and strangled for his
lionesses,
and
filled his
caves
with prey
, and his
dens
with ravin
.
“
Behold, I am against you
, ”
declares
the
LORD
of Hosts .
“
I will send
your
chariots up
in smoke, and the sword will
devour your
young lions .
I will cut off your
prey from the earth, and the voices
of your
messengers will
no longer
be heard. ”
Behold, I am against thee
, saith
Jehovah
of hosts ,
and
I will burn
her
chariots in the
smoke, and the sword shall
devour thy
young lions ;
and
I will cut off thy
prey from the earth, and the voice
of thy
messengers shall
no more
be heard.
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