Moff by section NAH 2:1

Nahum 2

A shatterer has come up ey against you!

Man your ramparts,

stand to attention,

summon up your strength! 2 but the Eternal restores the vine of Jacob as the vine of Israel,

that the plunderers plundered, breaking down the branches.”

The shields of his heroes are crimson,

the soldiers are clad in scarlet,

his armoured chariots gleam like fire,

and their horses prance at the muster;

his chariots tear through the open country,

and gallop across the broad spaces,

flashing like torches,

darting like lightning;

then he masses the picked men,

they charge ahead,

they rush to the wall,

and the mantlet is fixed;

the water-gates are forced,

the palace is in panic,

the queen is stripped and carried off,

her ladies mourning like doves,

beating their breasts--

and Nineveh lies like a pool of water,

with her folk flowing from her--

“Stand fast, stand fast!” they cry, but none turns back.

Loot the silver! loot the gold!

no end to the plunder--

treasures all untold!

She is desolate, dreary, drained--

hearts are fainting, knees are shaking,

anguish settles on all loins,

black fear on all faces.

wht What has become of the Lion’s den,

the lair of the young lions,

whither the Lion withdrew,

and the whelps with none to scare them?--

“I attack you,” says the Lord of hosts,

“I send up your lair in flames,

and the sword shall devour your cubs;

I will wipe your prey from the earth,

and the threats of your envoys shall be heard no more.”