Plunder the silver,
    plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
    or of the wealth of all precious things.

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12 (A)The lion tore enough for his cubs
    and (B)strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
    and his dens with torn flesh.

13 (C)Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and (D)I will burn your[a] chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and (E)the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:13 Hebrew her

He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their metal images and their precious (A)vessels of silver and gold, and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.

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12 They will plunder (A)your riches and loot (B)your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and (C)soil they will cast into the midst of the waters.

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56 for a destroyer has come upon her,
    upon Babylon;
her warriors are taken;
    their bows are broken in pieces,
(A)for the Lord is a God of recompense;
    he will surely repay.

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34 (A)“Wail, (B)you shepherds, and cry out,
    (C)and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
    and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

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and your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
    (A)as locusts leap, it is leapt upon.

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10 In (A)the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, (B)with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother (C)Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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O Lord, Be Gracious to Us

33 (A)Ah, you destroyer,
    who yourself have not been destroyed,
you traitor,
    whom none has betrayed!
When you have ceased to destroy,
    you will be destroyed;
and when you have finished betraying,
    they will betray you.

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