# Nahum 2

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] One who scatters advances
against you, O Nineveh.
Guard the fortress!
Watch the road!
Brace yourselves!
Summon all your strength! [2] For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob
like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
and ruined the branches of their vine. [3] The shields of his mighty men are red;
the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet.
The fittings of the chariots flash like fire
on the day they are prepared,
and the spears of cypress
have been brandished. [4] The chariots dash through the streets;
they rush around the plazas,
appearing like torches,
darting about like lightning. [5] He summons his nobles;
they stumble as they advance.
They race to its wall;
the protective shield is set in place. [6] The river gates are thrown open
and the palace collapses. [7] It is decreed that the city be exiled
and carried away;
her maidservants moan like doves,
and beat upon their breasts. [8] Nineveh has been like a pool of water
throughout her days,
but now it is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back. [9] “Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!”
There is no end to the treasure,
an abundance of every precious thing. [10] She is emptied!
Yes, she is desolate and laid waste!
Hearts melt, knees knock,
bodies tremble, and every face grows pale! [11] Where is the lions’ lair
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs,
with nothing to frighten them away? [12] The lion mauled enough for its cubs
and strangled prey for the lioness.
It filled its dens with the kill,
and its lairs with mauled prey. [13] “Behold, I am against you,”
declares the LORD of Hosts.
“I will send your chariots up in smoke,
and the sword will devour your young lions.
I will cut off your prey from the earth,
and the voices of your messengers
will no longer be heard.”

## Places in this chapter

- **Nineveh** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/nineveh

## Each verse

- Nahum 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/1
- Nahum 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/2
- Nahum 2:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/3
- Nahum 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/4
- Nahum 2:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/5
- Nahum 2:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/6
- Nahum 2:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/7
- Nahum 2:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/8
- Nahum 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/9
- Nahum 2:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/10
- Nahum 2:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/11
- Nahum 2:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/12
- Nahum 2:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/13