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The Fall of Nineveh

[a]Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh.
    Man the ramparts! Watch the roads!
    Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!

Even though the destroyer has destroyed Judah,
    the Lord will restore its honor.
Israel’s vine has been stripped of branches,
    but he will restore its splendor.

Shields flash red in the sunlight!
    See the scarlet uniforms of the valiant troops!
Watch as their glittering chariots move into position,
    with a forest of spears waving above them.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:1 Verses 2:1-13 are numbered 2:2-14 in Hebrew text.
  2. 2:3 Greek and Syriac versions read into position, / the horses whipped into a frenzy.

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