English Bible Presentation Sharing - Nahum Book, chapter 2, verse 1 in Asv Version

Nahum 2 : 1 (ASV)

He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

Nahum 2 : 2 (ASV)

For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches.

Nahum 2 : 3 (ASV)

The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are brandished.

Nahum 2 : 4 (ASV)

The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.

Nahum 2 : 5 (ASV)

He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

Nahum 2 : 6 (ASV)

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

Nahum 2 : 7 (ASV)

And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

Nahum 2 : 8 (ASV)

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

Nahum 2 : 9 (ASV)

Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.

Nahum 2 : 10 (ASV)

She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

Nahum 2 : 11 (ASV)

Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lions whelp, and none made them afraid?

Nahum 2 : 12 (ASV)

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Nahum 2 : 13 (ASV)

Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah 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.