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Nahum 2:1-2
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The Destruction of the Wicked City

2 A scatterer has come up against you.
    Guard the ramparts;
    watch the road;
gird your loins;
    collect all your strength.(A)

2 (For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob,
    as well as the majesty of Israel,
though ravagers have ravaged them
    and ruined their branches.)(B)

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Nahum 2:1-2
International Standard Version

The Coming Invasion of Nineveh

2 [a]You are being attacked by advancing forces!

Guard your rampart!
        Watch your roads![b]
Prepare yourselves![c]
    Marshall your defenses![d]
2 For the Lord will restore the glory of Jacob,
    just as he will restore[e] the glory of Israel,
although plunderers have devastated them,
    vandalizing their vine branches.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:1 This verse is 2:2 in MT, and so throughout the chapter
  2. Nahum 2:1 Lit. the road
  3. Nahum 2:1 Lit. Strengthen the loins!
  4. Nahum 2:1 Lit. Marshall power
  5. Nahum 2:2 The Heb. lacks will restore
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