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The Overthrow of Nineveh
The one who scatters has come up against you.
Man the fortress, watch the road;
Strengthen your back, summon all your strength.
The one who scatters has come up against you.
Man the fortress, watch the road;
Strengthen your back, summon all your strength.
For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob
Like the splendor of Israel,
Even though devastators have devastated them
And destroyed their vine branches.
Like the splendor of Israel,
Even though devastators have devastated them
And destroyed their vine branches.
For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and ruined their branches.
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and ruined their branches.
The shields of his mighty men are colored red,
The warriors are dressed in scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel
When he is prepared to march,
And the cypress spears are brandished.
The warriors are dressed in scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel
When he is prepared to march,
And the cypress spears are brandished.
The shield of his mighty men is red;
his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
on the day he musters them;
the cypress spears are brandished.
his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
on the day he musters them;
the cypress spears are brandished.
The chariots race madly in the streets,
They rush wildly in the squares,
Their appearance is like torches,
They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.
They rush wildly in the squares,
Their appearance is like torches,
They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.
The chariots race madly through the streets;
they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
they dart like lightning.
they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
they dart like lightning.
He remembers his nobles;
They stumble in their march,
They hurry to her wall,
And the mantelet is set up.
They stumble in their march,
They hurry to her wall,
And the mantelet is set up.
The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace is dissolved.
And the palace is dissolved.
The river gates are opened;
the palace melts away;
the palace melts away;
It is fixed:
She is stripped, she is carried away,
And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves,
Beating on their breasts.
She is stripped, she is carried away,
And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves,
Beating on their breasts.
Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But no one turns back.
Now they are fleeing;
“Stop, stop,”
But no one turns back.
Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
For there is no limit to the treasure —
Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
Plunder the gold!
For there is no limit to the treasure —
Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
Plunder the silver,
plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.
plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.
She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste!
Hearts are melting and knees knocking!
Also anguish is in the whole body
And all their faces are grown pale!
Hearts are melting and knees knocking!
Also anguish is in the whole body
And all their faces are grown pale!
Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
Hearts melt and knees tremble;
anguish is in all loins;
all faces grow pale!
Hearts melt and knees tremble;
anguish is in all loins;
all faces grow pale!
Where is the den of the lions
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion, lioness and lion’s cub prowled,
With nothing to disturb them?
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion, lioness and lion’s cub prowled,
With nothing to disturb them?
Where is the lions’ den,
the feeding place of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
the feeding place of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
The lion tore enough for his cubs,
Killed enough for his lionesses,
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.
Killed enough for his lionesses,
And filled his lairs with prey
And his dens with torn flesh.
The lion tore enough for his cubs
and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.
and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of hosts. “I will burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”