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Nineveh Will Fall

Nineveh, someone is coming
    to attack and scatter you.
Guard your fortresses!
Watch the road! Be brave!
    Prepare for battle!
Judah and Israel are like trees
with branches broken
    by their enemies.
But the Lord is going to restore
    their power and glory.

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The Destruction of Nineveh

(A)The scatterer has come up against you.
    (B)Man the ramparts;
    watch the road;
dress for battle;[a]
    collect all your strength.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:1 Hebrew gird your loins

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

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