1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Nahum 2

The fearful and victorious armies of God against Nineveh.

 2:1 The one 4650 who 4650 scatters 4650 has come 5927 up against 5921 you. Man 5341 the fortress 4694, watch 6822 the road 1870; Strengthen 2388 your back 4975, summon 553 all 3966 [your] strength 3581b.

 2:2 For the LORD 3068 will restore 7725 the splendor 1347b of Jacob 3290 Like the splendor 1347b of Israel 3478, Even though 3588 devastators 1238b have devastated 1238b them And destroyed 7843 their vine 2156 branches 2156.

 2:3 ¶ The shields 4043 of his mighty 1368 men 1368 are [colored] red 119, The warriors 376 are dressed 8529 in scarlet 8529, The chariots 7393 are [enveloped] in flashing 784 steel 6393 When 3117 he is prepared 3559 [to march], And the cypress 1265 [spears] are brandished 7477.

 2:4 The chariots 7393 race 1984b madly 1984b in the streets 2351, They rush 8264 wildly 8264 in the squares 7339, Their appearance 4758 is like torches 3940, They dash 7323 to and fro 7323 like lightning 1300 flashes 1300.

 2:5 He remembers 2142 his nobles 117; They stumble 3782 in their march 1979, They hurry 4116 to her wall 2346, And the mantelet 5527a is set 3559 up.

 2:6 The gates 8179 of the rivers 5104 are opened 6605a And the palace 1964 is dissolved 4127.

 2:7 It is fixed 5324: She is stripped 1540, she is carried 5927 away 5927, And her handmaids 519 are moaning 5090b like the sound 6963 of doves 3123, Beating 8608 on their breasts 3824.

 2:8 ¶ Though Nineveh 5210 [was] like a pool 1295 of water 4325 throughout 4480 her days 3117, Now they are fleeing 5127; “Stop 5975, stop 5975,” But no 369 one 369 turns 6437 back 6437.

 2:9 Plunder 962 the silver 3701! Plunder 962 the gold 2091! For there 369 is no 369 limit 7097b to the treasure 8499— Wealth 3519b from every 3605 kind of desirable 2532 object 3627.

 2:10 She is emptied 950! Yes, she is desolate 4003 and waste 1110! Hearts 3820 are melting 4549 and knees 1290 knocking 6375! Also anguish 2479 is in the whole 3605 body 4975 And all 3605 their faces 6440 are grown 6908 pale 6289!

 2:11 Where 346 is the den 4583 of the lions 743b And the feeding 4829 place 4829 of the young 3715 lions 3715, Where 834 8033 the lion 743b, lioness 3833b and lion’s 743b cub 1482 prowled 1980, With nothing 369 to disturb 2729 [them]?

 2:12 The lion 743b tore 2963 enough 1767 for his cubs 1484, Killed 2614 [enough] for his lionesses 3833b, And filled 4390 his lairs 2356 with prey 2964 And his dens 4585 with torn 2966 flesh 2966.

 2:13 ¶ “Behold 2009, I am against 413 you,” declares 5002 the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635. “I will burn 1197a up her chariots 7393 in smoke 6227, a sword 2719 will devour 398 your young 3715 lions 3715; I will cut 3772 off 3772 your prey 2964 from the land 776, and no 3808 longer 5750 will the voice 6963 of your messengers 4397 be heard 8085.”