Parallel Bible results for "nahum 2:1-10"

Nahum 2:1-10

Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha RSVA

1 The shatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; gird your loins; collect all your strength.

2 (For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have stripped them and ruined their branches.)

3 The shield of his mighty men is red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots flash like flame when mustered in array; the chargers prance.

4 The chariots rage in the streets, they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches, they dart like lightning.

5 The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.

6 The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay;

7 its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.

8 Nin'eveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry; but none turns back.

9 Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.

10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!

New International Version NIV

1 An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!

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.

3 The shields of the 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 juniper are brandished.

4 The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.

5 Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

6 The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

7 It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.

8 Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.

9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!

10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.