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1 A maul is come up before thy face; Guard the defences, Watch the way, make thy loins strong, Fortify thy power mightily!-- 2 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.-- 3 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. 4 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. 5 He bethinketh himself of his worthies; They stumble in their march; They make haste to the wall thereof, And the mantelet is prepared. Nahum 2:1-5, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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