Nahum 2:1-4

Nineveh to Fall 1In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14. An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!

2The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.

3The shields of the soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of juniper are brandished. Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.

4The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.