The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh.
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  2:1 ¶
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. |
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2:1 ¶
He that dasheth in pieces°°
is come up°°
before°
thy face:°
keep°°
the munition,°
watch°°
the way,°
make [thy] loins°
strong,°°°
fortify°°
[thy] power°
mightily.° |
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2:2
For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches. |
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2:2
For°
the LORD°
hath turned away°°°
the excellency°
of Jacob,°
as the excellency°
of Israel:°
for°
the emptiers°°
have emptied°
them out,°°
and marred°°
their vine branches.° |
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2:3
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress [spears] are brandished. |
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2:3
The shield°
of his mighty men°
is made red,°°
the valiant°
men°°
[are] in scarlet:°°
the chariots°
[shall be] with flaming°
torches°
in the day°
of his preparation,°°
and the fir trees°
shall be terribly shaken.°° |
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2:4
The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings. |
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2:4
The chariots°
shall rage°°
in the streets,°
they shall justle one against another°°
in the broad ways:°
they shall seem°
like torches,°
they shall run°°
like the lightnings.° |
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2:5
He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. |
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2:5
He shall recount°°
his worthies:°
they shall stumble°°
in their walk;°
they shall make haste°°
to the wall°
thereof, and the defence°°
shall be prepared.°° |
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2:6
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved. |
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2:6
The gates°
of the rivers°
shall be opened,°°
and the palace°
shall be dissolved.°° |
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2:7
And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts. |
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2:7
And Huzzab°°
shall be led away captive,°°
she shall be brought up,°°
and her maids°
shall lead°°
[her] as with the voice°
of doves,°
tabering°°
upon°
their breasts.° |
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2:8
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, [they cry]; but none looketh back. |
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2:8
But Nineveh°
[is] of old°°
like a pool°
of water:°
yet they°
shall flee away.°°
Stand,°°
stand,°°
[shall they cry]; but none°
shall look back.°° |
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2:9
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture. |
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2:9
Take ye the spoil°°
of silver,°
take the spoil°°
of gold:°
for [there is] none°
end°
of the store°
[and] glory°
out of all°°
the pleasant°
furniture.° |
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2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale. |
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2:10
She is empty,°
and void,°
and waste:°°
and the heart°
melteth,°°
and the knees°
smite together,°
and much pain°
[is] in all°
loins,°
and the faces°
of them all°
gather°°
blackness.° |
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2:11
Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? |
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2:11
Where°
[is] the dwelling°
of the lions,°
and the feedingplace°
of the young lions,°
where°°
the lion,°
[even] the old lion,°
walked,°°
[and] the lion's°
whelp,°
and none°
made [them] afraid?°° |
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2:12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin. |
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2:12
The lion°
did tear in pieces°°
enough°
for his whelps,°
and strangled°°
for his lionesses,°
and filled°°
his holes°
with prey,°
and his dens°
with ravin.° |
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2:13
Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the 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. |
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2:13
Behold,°
I [am] against°
thee, saith°°
the LORD°
of hosts,°
and I will burn°°
her chariots°
in the 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.°° |
