Book 21 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - NAHUM - Chapter 002
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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
02:002
A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences,
watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily!-
02:003
For HaShem restoreth the pride of Jacob, as the pride of
Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their
vine-branches.-
02:004
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
02:005
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
02:006
He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in
their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared
02:007
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is
dissolved
02:008
And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away, and her
handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts
02:009
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water; yet
they flee away; 'Stand, stand'; but none looketh back
02:010
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for
there is no end of the store, rich with all precious vessels
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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
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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
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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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Behold, I am against thee, saith HaShem 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
Book 21 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - NAHUM - Chapter 002
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