2.13
NAHUM
- 13The 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.
- 14Behold, 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.
- 3Woe to the bloody city!
- It is all full of lies and rapine,
- The prey departeth not.
- 2Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of wheels;
- And prancing horses, and bounding chariots;
- 3The horseman charging,
- And the flashing sword, and the glittering spear;
- And a multitude of slain, and a heap of carcasses;
- And there is no end of the corpses,
- And they stumble upon their corpses;
- 4Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the well-favoured harlot,
- The mistress of witchcrafts,
- That selleth nations through her harlotries,
- And families through her witchcrafts.
- 5Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts,
- And I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face,
- And I will show the nations thy nakedness,
- And the kingdoms thy shame.
- 6And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile,
- And will make thee as dung.
- 7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee
- Shall flee from thee,
- And say: 'Nineveh is laid waste;
- Who will bemoan her?
- Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?'
- 8Art thou better than No-amon,
- That was situate among the rivers,
- That had the waters round about her;
- Whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall?
- 9Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength, and it was infinite;
- Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
- 10Yet was she carried away,
- She went into captivity;
- Her young children also were dashed in pieces
- At the head of all the streets;
- And they cast lots for her honourable men,
- And all her great men were bound in chains.
- 11Thou also shalt be drunken,
- Thou shalt swoon;
- Thou also shalt seek a refuge
- Because of the enemy.
- 12All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs;
- If they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
- 13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women;
- The gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies;
- The fire hath devoured thy bars.
- 14Draw thee water for the siege,
- Strengthen thy fortresses;
- Go into the clay, and tread the mortar,
- Lay hold of the brickmould.
- 15There shall the fire devour thee;
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