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(For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
    as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have stripped them
    and ruined their branches.)

The shield of his mighty men is red,
    his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots flash like flame[a]
    when mustered in array;
    the chargers[b] prance.
The chariots rage in the streets,
    they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches,
    they dart like lightning.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:3 Cn: The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  2. Nahum 2:3 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb cypresses

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