Nahum 2
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Behold 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. |
| 2 | A maul is come up before thy face; Guard the defences, Watch the way, make thy loins strong, Fortify thy power mightily!— |
| 3 | For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob, As the pride of Israel; For the emptiers have emptied them out, And marred their vine-branches.— |
| 4 | The 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. |
| 5 | The 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. |
| 6 | He bethinketh himself of his worthies; They stumble in their march; They make haste to the wall thereof, And the mantelet is prepared. |
| 7 | The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved. |
| 8 | And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, And her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, Tabering upon their breasts. |
| 9 | But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; Yet they flee away; ‘Stand, stand’; But none looketh back. |
| 10 | Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; For there is no end of the store, Rich with all precious vessels. |
| 11 | She 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. |
| 12 | Where 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? |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD 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. |