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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2For 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. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The 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. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Nineveh 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. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Where 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? |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The 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. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13“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.” |
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