NAHUM
2.12
- 12Thus saith the Lord:
- Though they be in full strength, and likewise many,
- Even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away;
- And though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
- 13And now will I break his yoke from off thee,
- And will burst thy bonds in sunder.
- 14And the Lord hath given commandment concerning thee,
- That no more of thy name be sown;
- Out of the house of thy god will I cut off
- The graven image and the molten image;
- I will make thy grave; for thou art become worthless.
- 2Behold upon the mountains the feet of him
- That bringeth good tidings, that announceth peace!
- Keep thy feasts, O Judah,
- Perform thy vows;
- For the wicked one shall no more pass through thee;
- He is utterly cut off.
- 2A maul is come up before thy face;
- Guard the defences,
- Watch the way, make thy loins strong,
- Fortify thy power mightily!—
- 3For the Lord restoreth the pride of Jacob,
- As the pride of Israel;
- For the emptiers have emptied them out,
- And marred their vine-branches.—
- 4The shield of his mighty men is made red,
- The valiant men are in scarlet;
- The chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation,
- And the cypress spears are made to quiver.
- 5The chariots rush madly in the streets,
- They jostle one against another in the broad places;
- The appearance of them is like torches,
- They run to and fro like the lightnings.
- 6He bethinketh himself of his worthies;
- They stumble in their march;
- They make haste to the wall thereof,
- And the mantelet is prepared.
- 7The gates of the rivers are opened,
- And the palace is dissolved.
- 8And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away,
- And her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves,
- Tabering upon their breasts.
- 9But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water;
- Yet they flee away;
- 'Stand, stand';
- But none looketh back.
- 10Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold;
- For there is no end of the store,
- Rich with all precious vessels.
- 11She is empty, and void, and waste;
- And the heart melteth, and the knees smite together,
- And convulsion is in all loins,
- And the faces of them all have gathered blackness.
- 12Where is the den of the lions,
- Which was the feeding-place of the young lions,
- Where the lion and the lioness walked,
- And the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
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