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The Overthrow of Nineveh
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.
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 Jehovah hath brought again the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel; for the wasters have wasted them, and marred their vine-branches.
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots [glitter] with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished.
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 rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.
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 bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter 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 melteth away.
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.
And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.
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.
Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh 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.
Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
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.
She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.
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 [now] the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, [and] the lion's whelp walked, and none 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.
The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.