Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
One
who
scatters
advances
against
you
, O
Nineveh.
Guard
the fortress!
Watch the road!
Brace
yourselves!
Summon
all
your
strength!
Come
up
hath
a
scatterer
to
thy
face
, Keep
the bulwark,
watch the way,
Strengthen
the
loins,
strengthen
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 turned
back
hath
Jehovah
to
the excellency
of Jacob ,
As
`to'
the excellency
of Israel, For
emptied
them out
have
emptiers,
And their branches
they
have
marred
.
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 ones
is
become
red ,
Men
of
might
`
are in '
scarlet ,
With
fiery
torches
`is'
the chariot
in
a
day of
his
preparation
, And the firs
have been caused
to
tremble
.
The chariots dash
through
the
streets;
they rush
around
the
plazas
, appearing
like torches, darting
about
like
lightning
.
In
out-places
shine
do
the chariots ,
They go
to
and
fro
in
broad
places
, Their
appearances
`are'
like torches, As
lightnings
they
run
.
He summons
his nobles;
they stumble as
they
advance.
They race
to its wall ;
the
protective
shield
is set
in
place
.
He doth
remember
his honourable
ones,
They stumble in
their
goings,
They hasten
`
to '
its wall ,
and
prepared
is the
covering
.
The
river
gates are
thrown
open
and the palace collapses
.
Gates of
the
rivers
have
been
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 established
--
she
hath
removed,
She
hath
been
brought
up,
And her handmaids
are
leading
as
the
voice
of
doves, Tabering
on
their hearts
.
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.
And
Nineveh `is'
as
a pool of waters
, From
of
old
it `
is '
--
and
they are
fleeing!
`Stand
ye
, stand;'
and
none
is
turning!
“Plunder
the
silver !
Plunder
the
gold !”
There is no end to the treasure
, an
abundance of every
precious
thing
.
Seize
ye
silver ,
seize
ye
gold ,
And
there is no end to the prepared
things
, `To'
the
abundance of all
desirable
vessels
.
She is emptied!
Yes
, she
is
desolate
and laid
waste !
Hearts
melt
, knees knock
, bodies
tremble
, and every
face
grows
pale!
She is empty
, yea,
emptiness
and waste, And
the
heart
hath
melted,
And
the
knees have
smitten
together
, And
great
pain
`is'
in
all
loins
, And the
faces
of
all
of
them
have
gathered
paleness.
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 habitation
of lionesses?
And
a
feeding-place
it
`is'
for
young lions Where walked
hath
a
lion, an
old
lion,
A
lion's
whelp,
and
there
is
none
troubling.
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 is
tearing
parts
`
for '
his
whelps,
And is
strangling
for his
lionesses
, And he
doth
fill
`
with '
prey his
holes,
And
his
habitations
`with'
rapine
.
“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.”
Lo
, I `
am '
against thee
, An
affirmation
of Jehovah
of
Hosts ,
And
I have
burned
in smoke its
chariot
, And thy
young lions consume
doth
a
sword,
And
I have
cut off from the land
thy
prey
, And not
heard
any
more
is
the voice
of thy
messengers !
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