Nahum 2  Legacy Standard Bible

³ The shields of ^[d]his mighty men are colored red,
The valiant men are dressed in ^(E)[e]scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in ^[f]flashing steel
^[g]When he is set up to march,
And the cypress ^(F)spears are brandished.
⁴ The ^(G)chariots race madly in the streets;
They rush wildly in the ^[h]squares;
Their appearance is like torches;
They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.
⁵ He remembers his ^(H)mighty ones;
They ^(I)stumble in their march;
They hurry to her wall,
And the ^[i]mantelet is set up.
⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened,
And the palace is melted away.
⁷ So it stands fixed:
She is exiled, she is carried away,
And her maidservants are ^(J)moaning like the sound of doves,
^(K)Beating on their hearts.

⁸ Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stand! Stand!”
But ^(L)no one ^[j]turns back.
⁹ Plunder the silver!
Plunder the ^(M)gold!
And there is no limit to the treasure—
^[k]Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
¹⁰ She is ^(N)emptied! Yes, she is emptied out and eviscerated!
^(O)Hearts are melting and knees knocking!
Also anguish is in all their loins,
And all their ^(P)faces ^[l]turn pale!
¹¹ Where is the den of the lions
And the feeding place of the ^(Q)young lions,
Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled,
With nothing to make them tremble?
¹² The lion tore enough for its cubs
And strangled enough for its lionesses
And filled its lairs with torn up prey
And its dens with torn up flesh.