The Overthrow of Nineveh

[a]The one who (A)scatters has come up against [b]you.
Keep watch over the fortress, watch the road;
[c]Bind up your waist, [d]summon all your strength.
For the Lord will restore the (B)splendor of Jacob
(C)Like the splendor of Israel,
Even though destroyers have laid waste to them
And (D)ruined their vines.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:1 Ch 2:2 in Heb
  2. Nahum 2:1 Lit your face
  3. Nahum 2:1 Lit Strengthen your loins
  4. Nahum 2:1 Lit strengthen power greatly

The Coming Invasion of Nineveh

[a]You are being attacked by advancing forces!

Guard your rampart!
        Watch your roads![b]
Prepare yourselves![c]
    Marshall your defenses![d]
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