Nahum 2:1-3

International Standard Version

Guard your rampart!
        Watch your roads!^[b]
Prepare yourselves!^[c]
    Marshall your defenses!^[d]
2 For the Lord will restore the glory of Jacob,
    just as he will restore^[e] the glory of Israel,
although plunderers have devastated them,
    vandalizing their vine branches.

³ The shields deployed by^[f] Israel’s^[g] elite forces are scarlet,
    their valiant men are clothed in crimson.
When they are prepared,
    the polished armament on their chariots will shine,
        and lances will be brandished about ferociously.^[h]