The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh.
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  2:1 ¶
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. |
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2:1 ¶
He that dasheth in piecesºº
is come upºº
beforeº
thy face:º
keepºº
the munition,º
watchºº
the way,º
make [thy] loinsº
strong,ººº
fortifyºº
[thy] powerº
mightily.º |
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2:2
For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches. |
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2:2
Forº
the LORDº
hath turned awayººº
the excellencyº
of Jacob,º
as the excellencyº
of Israel:º
forº
the emptiersºº
have emptiedº
them out,ºº
and marredºº
their vine branches.º |
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2:3
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. |
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2:3
The shieldº
of his mighty menº
is made red,ºº
the valiantº
menºº
[are] in scarlet:ºº
the chariotsº
[shall be] with flamingº
torchesº
in the dayº
of his preparation,ºº
and the fir treesº
shall be terribly shaken.ºº |
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2:4
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. |
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2:4
The chariotsº
shall rageºº
in the streets,º
they shall justle one against anotherºº
in the broad ways:º
they shall seemº
like torches,º
they shall runºº
like the lightnings.º |
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2:5
He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. |
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2:5
He shall recountºº
his worthies:º
they shall stumbleºº
in their walk;º
they shall make hasteºº
to the wallº
thereof, and the defenceºº
shall be prepared.ºº |
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2:6
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. |
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2:6
The gatesº
of the riversº
shall be opened,ºº
and the palaceº
shall be dissolved.ºº |
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2:7
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. |
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2:7
And Huzzabºº
shall be led away captive,ºº
she shall be brought up,ºº
and her maidsº
shall leadºº
[her] as with the voiceº
of doves,º
taberingºº
uponº
their breasts.º |
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2:8
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, [they cry]; but none looketh back. |
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2:8
But Ninevehº
[is] of oldºº
like a poolº
of water:º
yet theyº
shall flee away.ºº
Stand,ºº
stand,ºº
[shall they cry]; but noneº
shall look back.ºº |
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2:9
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. |
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2:9
Take ye the spoilºº
of silver,º
take the spoilºº
of gold:º
for [there is] noneº
endº
of the storeº
[and] gloryº
out of allºº
the pleasantº
furniture.º |
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2:10
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. |
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2:10
She is empty,º
and void,º
and waste:ºº
and the heartº
melteth,ºº
and the kneesº
smite together,º
and much painº
[is] in allº
loins,º
and the facesº
of them allº
gatherºº
blackness.º |
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2:11
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? |
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2:11
Whereº
[is] the dwellingº
of the lions,º
and the feedingplaceº
of the young lions,º
whereºº
the lion,º
[even] the old lion,º
walked,ºº
[and] the lion'sº
whelp,º
and noneº
made [them] afraid?ºº |
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2:12
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. |
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2:12
The lionº
did tear in piecesºº
enoughº
for his whelps,º
and strangledºº
for his lionesses,º
and filledºº
his holesº
with prey,º
and his densº
with ravin.º |
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2:13
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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2:13
Behold,º
I [am] againstº
thee, saithºº
the LORDº
of hosts,º
and I will burnºº
her chariotsº
in the smoke,º
and the swordº
shall devourºº
thy young lions:º
and I will cut offºº
thy preyº
from the earth,ºº
and the voiceº
of thy messengersº
shall noº
moreº
be heard.ºº |
