OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV NAH 2 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13
This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
2 The ones who’ll scatter you are getting ready to attack you.
Be dressed for battle.
Gather your troops together.
2 Yahweh is restoring Ya’akov’s (Jacob’s) greatness,
like Yisrael’s (Israel’s) greatness before,
even though the invaders took their valuables and destroyed their vineyards.
3 The enemy’s powerful warriors hold red shields,
≈ and his soldiers are dressed in scarlet.
The metal on their chariots gleams
as they get them ready that day,
and their cypress spears are held ready.
4 Their chariots drive madly through the streets,
≈ and rush back and forth across the town squares.
They look like flaming torches,
≈ and dart across like lightning.
They hurry to attack the city wall,
and to set up the movable roof for protection.
6 The river gates are forced open,
and the palace collapses in the flood.
7 She’s[fn] stripped ready to be taken away.
Her slave girls moan like doves as they beat their chests.
8 In the good days, Nineveh was like a refreshing pool of water.
but now they’re fleeing from it.
“Stop, stop,” they say, but no one comes back.
9 “Grab the gold, seize the silver.”
There’s no end to the treasure.
≈ Plenty of valuable things.
10 Nineveh’s all emptiness and desolation,
devastation and hearts melting.
Knees trembling and aching stomachs.
Their faces all gone very pale.
11 What happened to that ‘lion’s den’—
the place where young cubs were fed?
The place where the lion and lioness walked—
where the cubs were safe with nothing to terrify them.
12 The lion tore apart enough for the cubs,
≈ and strangled prey for his lionesses.
≈ and his dens with torn flesh.
13 Commander-in-chief Yahweh declares that he’s against you.
He’ll burn your chariots up in smoke,
and your young men will be killed with swords.
He’ll take your prey away from you,
2:7 Possibly referring to the city of Nineveh itself, or possibly to its queen.
