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1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make [thy] loins strong, fortify [thy] power mightily.
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1 An attacker advances against you, [Nineveh]. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
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2 For Jehovah hath brought again the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel; for the wasters have wasted them, and marred their vine-branches.
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2 The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
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3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots [glitter] with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished.
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3 The shields of his 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 pine are brandished.
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4 The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.
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4 The chariots 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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5 He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.
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5 He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
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6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.
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6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
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7 And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts.
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7 It is decreed that [the city] be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.
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8 Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back.
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8 Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.
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9 Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels.
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9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
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10 She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.
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10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
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