Nahum 2

1The one who will dash you to pieces is coming up against you. 2For Yahweh is restoring the majesty of Jacob, like the majesty of Israel, 3The shields of his mighty men are red, and the soldiers are clothed in scarlet; 4The chariots speed through the streets; they rush back and forth in the wide streets. 5The one who will dash you to pieces calls his officers; they stumble over each other in their march; 6The gates at the rivers are forced open, and the palace falls to ruins. 7Huzzab is stripped of her clothes and is taken away; 8Nineveh is like a leaking pool of water, with its people fleeing away like rushing water. 9Take the silver plunder, take the gold plunder, for there is no end to it, 10Nineveh is empty and ruined. Everyone's heart melts, everyone's knees strike together, 11Where now is the lions' den, the place where the young lion cubs were fed, 12The lion tore his victims to pieces for his cubs; he strangled victims for his lionesses,