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2 : 1 An attacker advances against you, Nineveh . Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
2 : 2 The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
2 : 3 The shields of his soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of pine are brandished.
2 : 4 The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.
2 : 5 He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
2 : 6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
2 : 7 It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.
2 : 8 Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.
2 : 9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
2 : 10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
2 : 11 Where now is the lions` den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
2 : 12 The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.
2 : 13 I am against you, declares the LORD Almighty. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."