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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.
For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob
Like the excellence of Israel,
For the emptiers have emptied them out
And ruined their vine branches.
Like the excellence of Israel,
For the emptiers have emptied them out
And ruined their vine branches.
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.
The chariots rage in the streets,
They jostle one another in the broad roads;
They seem like torches,
They run like lightning.
They jostle one another in the broad roads;
They seem like torches,
They run like lightning.
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.
He remembers his nobles;
They stumble in their walk;
They make haste to her walls,
And the defense is prepared.
They stumble in their walk;
They make haste to her walls,
And the defense is prepared.
The river gates have been torn open!
The palace is about to collapse!
The palace is about to collapse!
The gates of the rivers are opened,
And the palace is dissolved.
And the palace is dissolved.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Where is the dwelling of the lions,
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,
And no one made them afraid?
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,
And no one made them afraid?
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.