Nahum 2:1

New International Version

Nineveh to Fall

2 ^[a]An attacker^(A) advances against you, Nineveh.
    Guard the fortress,
    watch the road,
    brace yourselves,
    marshal all your strength!

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Footnotes

Nahum 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14.

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Nahum 2:3

New International Version

³The shields of the soldiers are red;
    the warriors are clad in scarlet.^(A)
The metal on the chariots flashes
    on the day they are made ready;
    the spears of juniper are brandished.^[a]

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Footnotes

Nahum 2:3 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.

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Nahum 3:1-3

New International Version

Woe to Nineveh

3 Woe to the city of blood,^(A)
    full of lies,^(B)
full of plunder,
    never without victims!
²The crack of whips,
    the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
    and jolting chariots!
³Charging cavalry,
    flashing swords
    and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
    piles of dead,
bodies without number,
    people stumbling over the corpses^(C)—

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Nahum 3:6-7

New International Version

⁶I will pelt you with filth,^(A)
    I will treat you with contempt^(B)
    and make you a spectacle.^(C)
⁷All who see you will flee^(D) from you and say,
    ‘Nineveh^(E) is in ruins^(F)—who will mourn for her?’^(G)
    Where can I find anyone to comfort^(H) you?”