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For the Lord is about to restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, even though their enemies have plundered them completely and have destroyed their vines.

The shields of the mighty warriors are dyed red.
    The soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments.
    The steel fittings[a] of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle.
    The soldiers shake their spears.[b]
The chariots race wildly through the streets.
    They rush back and forth in the city squares.
    They look like lightning.
    They dart about like flashes of lightning.

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  1. Nahum 2:3 Or perhaps the scythes
  2. Nahum 2:3 The Hebrew text and the meaning of this sentence are uncertain.

The Lord will restore(A) the splendor(B) of Jacob
    like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
    and have ruined their vines.

The shields of the soldiers are red;
    the warriors are clad in scarlet.(C)
The metal on the chariots flashes
    on the day they are made ready;
    the spears of juniper are brandished.[a]
The chariots(D) storm through the streets,
    rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
    they dart about like lightning.

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  1. Nahum 2:3 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.