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The Eternal One will restore all the glory given to Jacob;
    the new nation will resemble the splendor of Israel in its day,
Although destroyers destroyed everything,
    even decimating every branch of Jacob’s family tree.

Here comes your attacker’s best warriors with gleaming red shields;
    the soldiers are in scarlet armor.
Chariots gleam and flash like fire with their approach.
    They were carefully made ready for battle.
They taunt you by waving strong spears before you.[a]
See the chariots race each other up and down your streets,
    rushing back and forth through the city.
They look like flaming torches.
    They dart like lightning bolts.

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  1. 2:3 Other manuscripts read, “the horsemen rush back and forth.”

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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Footnotes

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