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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.
Even though the destroyer has destroyed Judah,
the LORD will restore its honor.
Israel’s vine has been stripped of branches,
but he will restore its splendor.
the LORD will restore its honor.
Israel’s vine has been stripped of branches,
but he will restore its splendor.
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 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 recklessly along the streets
and rush wildly through the squares.
They flash like firelight
and move as swiftly as lightning.
and rush wildly through the squares.
They flash like firelight
and move as swiftly as 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 king shouts to his officers;
they stumble in their haste,
rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.
they stumble in their haste,
rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.
The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace is dissolved.
And the palace is dissolved.
The river gates have been torn open!
The palace is about to collapse!
The palace is about to collapse!
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.
Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,
and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
and beat their breasts in sorrow.
and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
and beat their breasts in sorrow.
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.
Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!
The people are slipping away.
“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,
but no one even looks back.
The people are slipping away.
“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,
but no one even looks 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.
Loot the silver!
Plunder the gold!
There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures —
its vast, uncounted wealth.
Plunder the gold!
There’s no end to Nineveh’s treasures —
its vast, uncounted wealth.
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!
Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined.
Hearts melt and knees shake.
The people stand aghast,
their faces pale and trembling.
Hearts melt and knees shake.
The people stand aghast,
their faces pale and trembling.
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 now is that great Nineveh,
that den filled with young lions?
It was a place where people — like lions and their cubs —
walked freely and without fear.
that den filled with young lions?
It was a place where people — like lions and their cubs —
walked freely and without fear.
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 up meat for his cubs
and strangled prey for his mate.
He filled his den with prey,
his caverns with his plunder.
and strangled prey for his mate.
He filled his den with prey,
his caverns with his plunder.
“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.”