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Nahum 2:1-3
International Standard Version

The Coming Invasion of Nineveh

2 [a]You are being attacked by advancing forces!

Guard your rampart!
        Watch your roads![b]
Prepare yourselves![c]
    Marshall your defenses![d]
2 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.

3 The shields deployed by[f] Israel’s[g] elite forces are scarlet,
    their valiant men are clothed in crimson.
When they are prepared,
    the polished armament on their chariots will shine,
        and lances will be brandished about ferociously.[h]

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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
  6. Nahum 2:3 Lit. shield of
  7. Nahum 2:3 Lit. its
  8. Nahum 2:3 The Heb. lacks ferociously
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Nahum 2:1-3
New International Version

Nineveh to Fall

2 [a]An attacker(A) advances against you, Nineveh.
    Guard the fortress,
    watch the road,
    brace yourselves,
    marshal all your strength!

2 The Lord will restore(B) the splendor(C) of Jacob
    like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
    and have ruined their vines.

3 The shields of the soldiers are red;
    the warriors are clad in scarlet.(D)
The metal on the chariots flashes
    on the day they are made ready;
    the spears of juniper are brandished.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14.
  2. Nahum 2:3 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.
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