English Bible Presentation Sharing - Nahum Book, chapter 2, verse 18 in Hcsb Version

Nahum 2 : 1 (HCSB)

One who scatters is coming up against you. Man the fortifications! Watch the road! Brace yourself! Summon all your strength!

Nahum 2 : 2 (HCSB)

For the LORD will restore the majesty of Jacob, yes, the majesty of Israel, though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their vine branches.

Nahum 2 : 3 (HCSB)

The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the valiant men are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariot flash like fire on the day of its *battle preparations, and the spears are brandished.

Nahum 2 : 4 (HCSB)

The chariots dash madly through the streets; they rush around in the plazas. They look like torches; they dart back and forth like lightning.

Nahum 2 : 5 (HCSB)

He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

Nahum 2 : 6 (HCSB)

The river gates are opened, and the palace erodes away.

Nahum 2 : 7 (HCSB)

Beauty is stripped, she is carried away; her ladies-in-waiting moan like the sound of doves, and beat their breasts.

Nahum 2 : 8 (HCSB)

Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her *first days, but they are fleeing. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.

Nahum 2 : 9 (HCSB)

"Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

Nahum 2 : 10 (HCSB)

Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, every face grows pale!

Nahum 2 : 11 (HCSB)

Where is the lions' lair, or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled, and the lion's cub, with nothing to frighten them away?

Nahum 2 : 12 (HCSB)

The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled *prey for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Nahum 2 : 13 (HCSB)

Beware, I am against you-- the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. I will make your chariots go up in smoke and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the sound of your messengers will never be heard again.