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Nahum 2
Names of God Bible
Nahum 2
Names of God Bible
2 [a]The one who will scatter you is coming to attack you.
Guard your fortress!
Keep a lookout on the road!
Prepare for battle!
Be very courageous!
2 Yahweh will restore Jacob’s glory like Israel’s glory,
although enemies have looted it
and have destroyed its vines.
3 The shields of his warriors are painted red.
His soldiers have red uniforms.
The metal on his chariots flashes fiery red,
so do the spears when they are waved
on the day he prepares for battle.
4 Chariots are racing madly through the streets,
rushing this way and that in the city squares.
They look like torches, like lightning, as they dart about.
5 He remembers his best fighting men.
They stumble over themselves as they march.
They hurry to Nineveh’s wall.
The shield has been set up for the battering ram.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melts away.
Nineveh’s Treasures Will Be Taken
7 Yahweh has determined:
“It will be stripped.
It will be carried away.
Its young women will be mourning like doves
as they beat their breasts.”
8 Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on.
But now its people are fleeing.
“Stop! Stop!”
But no one turns around.
9 Steal the silver! Steal the gold!
There is no end to what is stored here—
everything a person could ever want.
10 Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, demolished.
Hearts are melting.
Knees are knocking.
Every stomach becomes upset.
Every face turns pale.
Nineveh Will Be Destroyed
11 Where is the lions’ den,
that feeding place for young lions?
Where are the lion, the lioness, and the lion cub who moved about
with no one to terrify them?
12 The lion tore its prey to pieces to feed its cubs.
It strangled the prey for its mates.
It used to fill its caves with torn carcasses
and its dens with torn flesh.
13 “I am against you, Nineveh,” declares Yahweh Tsebaoth.
“I will send your chariots up in smoke,
and a sword will kill your young lions.
I will remove your prey from the earth,
and no one will ever hear the voice of your messengers again.”
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:1 Nahum 2:1–13 in English Bibles is Nahum 2:2–14 in the Hebrew Bible.
Nahúm 2
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Nahúm 2
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Ataque contra Nínive
2 [a]El destructor ha subido contra ti(A).
Monta guardia en la fortaleza,
Vigila el camino;
Fortalece tus lomos,
Refuerza más tu poder.
2 Porque el Señor restaurará la gloria(B) de Jacob
Como la gloria de Israel(C),
Aunque devastadores los han devastado
Y destruido sus sarmientos(D).
3 ¶El escudo de los valientes es rojo,
Los guerreros están vestidos de escarlata(E),
Y de acero centelleante los carros
Cuando están en formación,
Y se blanden las lanzas(F) de ciprés.
4 Por las calles corren furiosos los carros,
Se precipitan por las plazas(G),
Su aspecto es semejante a antorchas,
Como relámpagos se lanzan.
5 Se acuerda él de sus nobles(H)
Que tropiezan en su marcha(I),
Se apresuran a su muralla,
Y es preparada la defensa.
6 Las compuertas de los ríos se abren,
Y el palacio se llena de terror.
7 Está decretado:
La reina es despojada y deportada,
Y sus sirvientas gimen como palomas(J),
Golpeándose el pecho(K).
8 ¶Aunque Nínive era como estanque de aguas desde la antigüedad;
Ahora ellos huyen.
«¡Deténganse! ¡Deténganse!»,
Pero nadie se vuelve(L).
9 ¡Saqueen la plata!
¡Saqueen el oro(M)!
No hay límite a los tesoros,
A las riquezas de toda clase de objetos codiciables.
10 ¡Vacía está! Sí, desolada y desierta(N).
Los corazones se derriten y las rodillas tiemblan(O);
Hay también angustia en todo el cuerpo,
Y los rostros de todos han palidecido(P).
11 ¿Dónde está la guarida de los leones
Y el lugar donde comen los leoncillos(Q),
Donde andaban el león, la leona y su cachorro,
Sin que nada los asustara?
12 El león desgarraba lo suficiente para sus cachorros,
Mataba para sus leonas,
Llenaba de presa sus cuevas
Y de carne desgarrada sus guaridas.
13 «Aquí estoy contra ti(R)», declara el Señor de los ejércitos. «Quemaré y reduciré a humo tus carros(S), la espada devorará tus leoncillos, arrancaré de la tierra tu presa(T), y no se oirá más la voz de tus mensajeros».
Footnotes
- 2:1 En el texto heb. cap. 2:2.
Nahum 2
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Nahum 2
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Nineveh to Fall
2 [a]An attacker(A) advances against you, Nineveh.
Guard the fortress,
watch the road,
brace yourselves,
marshal all your strength!
2 The Lord will restore(B) the splendor(C) of Jacob
like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
and have ruined their vines.
3 The shields of the soldiers are red;
the warriors are clad in scarlet.(D)
The metal on the chariots flashes
on the day they are made ready;
the spears of juniper are brandished.[b]
4 The chariots(E) storm through the streets,
rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
they dart about like lightning.
5 Nineveh summons her picked troops,
yet they stumble(F) on their way.
They dash to the city wall;
the protective shield is put in place.
6 The river gates(G) are thrown open
and the palace collapses.
7 It is decreed[c] that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan(H) like doves
and beat on their breasts.(I)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
9 Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!
10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
Hearts melt,(J) knees give way,
bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(K)
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