Nah.2.1
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Nah.2.1
The juggernaut's coming! Post guards, lay in supplies. Get yourselves together, get ready for the big battle. [JC]
Nah.2.1
An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
Nah.2.1
He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.
Nah.2.1
Nineveh, you are already surrounded by enemy armies! Sound the alarm! Man the ramparts! Muster your defenses, and keep a sharp watch for the enemy attack to begin!
Nah.2.2
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Nah.2.2
GOD has restored the Pride of Jacob, the Pride of Israel. Israel's lived through hard times. He's been to hell and back.
Nah.2.2
The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
Nah.2.2
For the LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches.
Nah.2.2
For the land of Israel lies empty and broken after your attacks, but the LORD will restore its honor and power again.
Nah.2.3
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
Nah.2.3
Weapons flash in the sun, the soldiers splendid in battle dress, Chariots burnished and glistening, ready to charge, A spiked forest of brandished spears, lethal on the horizon.
Nah.2.3
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.
Nah.2.3
The shields of his mighty men are made red, The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots come with flaming torches In the day of his preparation, And the spears are brandished.
Nah.2.3
Shields flash red in the sunlight! The attack begins! See their scarlet uniforms! Watch as their glittering chariots move into position, with a forest of spears waving above them.
Nah.2.4
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
Nah.2.4
The chariots pour into the streets. They fill the public squares, Flaming like torches in the sun, like lightning darting and flashing.
Nah.2.4
The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.
Nah.2.4
The chariots rage in the streets, They jostle one another in the broad roads; They seem like torches, They run like lightning.
Nah.2.4
The chariots race recklessly along the streets and through the squares, swift as lightning, flickering like torches.
Nah.2.5
He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
Nah.2.5
The Assyrian king rallies his men, but they stagger and stumble. They run to the ramparts to stem the tide, but it's too late.
Nah.2.5
He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
Nah.2.5
He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk; They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared.
Nah.2.5
The king shouts to his officers; they stumble in their haste, rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.
Nah.2.6
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
Nah.2.6
Soldiers pour through the gates. The palace is demolished.
Nah.2.6
The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
Nah.2.6
The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved.
Nah.2.6
But too late! The river gates are open! The enemy has entered! The palace is about to collapse!
Nah.2.7
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
Nah.2.7
Soon it's all over: Nineveh stripped, Nineveh doomed, Maids and slaves moaning like doves, beating their breasts.
Nah.2.7
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.
Nah.2.7
It is decreed: She shall be led away captive, She shall be brought up; And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves, Beating their breasts.
Nah.2.7
Nineveh's exile has been decreed, and all the servant girls mourn its capture. Listen to them moan like doves; watch them beat their breasts in sorrow.
Nah.2.8
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Nah.2.8
Nineveh is a tub from which they've pulled the plug. Cries go up, "Do something! Do something!" but it's too late. Nineveh's soon empty--nothing.
Nah.2.8
Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.
Nah.2.8
Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water, Now they flee away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry; But no one turns back.
Nah.2.8
Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir! The people are slipping away. "Stop, stop!" someone shouts, but the people just keep on running.
Nah.2.9
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
Nah.2.9
Other cries come: "Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! A bonanza of plunder! Take everything you want!"
Nah.2.9
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
Nah.2.9
Take spoil of silver! Take spoil of gold! There is no end of treasure, Or wealth of every desirable prize.
Nah.2.9
Loot the silver! Plunder the gold! There seems no end to Nineveh's many treasures--its vast, uncounted wealth.
Nah.2.10
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Nah.2.10
Doom! Damnation! Desolation! Hearts sink, knees fold, stomachs retch, faces blanch.
Nah.2.10
She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
Nah.2.10
She is empty, desolate, and waste! The heart melts, and the knees shake; Much pain is in every side, And all their faces are drained of color.1
Nah.2.10
Soon the city is an empty shambles, stripped of its wealth. Hearts melt in horror, and knees shake. The people stand aghast, their faces pale and trembling.
Nah.2.11
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
Nah.2.11
So, what happened to the famous and fierce Assyrian lion And all those cute Assyrian cubs? To the lion and lioness Cozy with their cubs, fierce and fearless?
Nah.2.11
Where now is the lions' den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
Nah.2.11
Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion's cub, And no one made them afraid?
Nah.2.11
Where now is that great Nineveh, lion of the nations, full of fight and boldness, where the old and feeble and the young and tender lived with nothing to fear?
Nah.2.12
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Nah.2.12
To the lion who always returned from the hunt with fresh kills for lioness and cubs, The lion lair heaped with bloody meat, blood and bones for the royal lion feast? [JC]
Nah.2.12
The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.
Nah.2.12
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, Killed for his lionesses, Filled his caves with prey, And his dens with flesh.
Nah.2.12
O Nineveh, you were once a mighty lion! You crushed your enemies to feed your cubs and your mate. You filled your city and your homes with captives and plunder.
Nah.2.13
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Nah.2.13
"Assyria, I'm your enemy," says GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies. "I'll torch your chariots. They'll go up in smoke. "Lion Country' will be strewn with carcasses. The war business is over--you're out of work: You'll have no more wars to report, No more victories to announce. You're out of war work forever."
Nah.2.13
"I am against you," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."
Nah.2.13
"Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts, "I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more."
Nah.2.13
"I am your enemy!" says the LORD Almighty. "Your chariots will soon go up in smoke. The finest of your youth will be killed in battle. Never again will you bring back plunder from conquered nations. Never again will the voices of your proud messengers be heard."
