Nahum 2 Berean Standard Bible
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Nahum is not in PT1904.
1 One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
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2 For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
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3 The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
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4 The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
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5 He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
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6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
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7 It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
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8 Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
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9 “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.
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10 She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
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11 Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
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12 The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
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13 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
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Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 3:9–11; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Jeremiah 51:20–23; Jeremiah 51:11–12; Jeremiah 50:23
- 2 Psalm 80:12–13; Ezekiel 37:23; Zephaniah 3:11; Isaiah 60:15; Hosea 10:1
- 3 Ezekiel 23:14–15; Isaiah 63:1–3; Zechariah 1:8; Zechariah 11:2; Zechariah 6:2
- 4 Jeremiah 4:13; Ezekiel 26:10; Nahum 3:2–3; Isaiah 66:15; Daniel 11:40
- 5 Jeremiah 46:12; Jeremiah 51:27–28; Isaiah 21:5; Jeremiah 50:29; Isaiah 5:27
- 6 Isaiah 45:1–2; 2 Peter 3:10–11
- 7 Isaiah 59:11; Isaiah 38:14; Isaiah 32:12; Luke 23:27; Luke 23:48
- 8 Revelation 17:1; Isaiah 47:13; Jeremiah 46:5; Nahum 3:17; Jeremiah 50:16
- 9 Ezekiel 26:12; Daniel 11:8; Jeremiah 25:34; Jeremiah 51:56; Nahum 2:12–13
- 10 Joel 2:6; Daniel 5:6; Psalm 22:14; Jeremiah 30:6; Isaiah 13:7–8
- 11 Isaiah 5:29; Jeremiah 2:15; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 19:2–8; Job 4:10–11
- 12 Jeremiah 51:34; Isaiah 10:6–14; Psalm 17:12
- 13 Psalm 46:9; Jeremiah 21:13; Nahum 3:5; 2 Kings 19:23; Isaiah 49:24–25
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