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NAH 2:1–3:19 ©

Nineveh’s coming destruction

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2:1 Nineveh’s coming destruction

2The ones who’ll scatter you are getting ready to attack you.

Guard the city walls.

Watch the roads.

Be dressed for battle.

Gather your troops together.

2Yahweh is restoring Yakob’s (Jacob’s) greatness,

like Israel’s greatness before,

even though the invaders took their valuables and destroyed their vineyards.

3The 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.


4Their chariots drive madly through the streets,

and rush back and forth across the squares.

They look like flaming torches,

and dart across like lightning.

5He calls his officers—

They stumble as they march.


They hurry to attack the city wall,

and to set up the movable roof for protection.

6The river gates are forced open,

and the palace collapses in the flood.

7She’s[fn] stripped ready to be taken away.

Her slave girls moan like doves as they beat their chests.

8In 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.


10Nineveh’s all emptiness and desolation,

devastation and hearts melting.

Knees trembling and aching stomachs.

Their faces all gone very pale.

11What 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.

12The lion tore apart enough for the cubs,

and strangled prey for his lionesses.

He filled his lairs with prey

and his dens with torn flesh.

13Army commander 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,

and the voices of your messengers won’t be heard anymore.

3The city of bloodshed will have a bad end.

It’s full of lies and stolen property.

Always taking plunder—never letting go.

2The sound of whips and the rattling of wheels.

Horses galloping and chariots jolting.

3Charging horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears.

Many slainheaps of corpses.

Uncountable bodies—people trip over them.

4That will happen because the beautiful prostitute had so much business.

She’s the mistress of witchcraft.

She attracts other countries with her prostitution.

She attracts other peoples with her sorceries.

5Army commander Yahweh declares that he’s against you.

He’ll lift your skirt up over your head,

and show your nakeness to the other countries.

Show your shame to the various kingdoms.

6I throw disgusting filth at you

and treat you with contempt.

I’ll make a spectacle of you.

7Everyone who sees you will run away

and say, ‘Nineveh is destroyed.’

Who will weep for her?

Where can I find someone who’ll comfort her?


8Are you better than Thebes city[fn] was,

where the Nile surrounded and protected her?

Where the water was one of her secure walls.

9Ethopia and Egypt were her strength,

and her strength had no limit.

Put and Libya were her allies.


10Yet Thebes was taken as an exile

taken into captivity.

Her young children were dashed to pieces at the top of every street.

Her captors threw dice for her nobles.

All her leading men were bound in chains.


11You, too, will become drunk.

You’ll look for places to hide.

You’ll try to find somewhere to be safe from your enemies.

12All your fortresses will be like fig trees

with the early fruit now ready.

When they’re shaken

the fruit falls right into the mouth of the eater.

13See, your troops are like weak women.

Your city gates will be opened wide to your enemies

their cross-bars will be destroyed by fire.

14Get water from the wells to store for the siege.

Strengthen your fortifications.

Fetch clay and start working it.

Get the molds ready to make bricks.

15Even so, fire will devour you.

The sword will cut you down.

They’ll chew you up like locusts.

You need to multiply like locusts and grasshoppers.

16You have so many merchants

more than the stars in the sky.

Like locusts, they strip valuables and then fly away.

17Your many guards are like locusts,

and you have a swarm of officials.

On a cold morning they settle on the walls,

but when the sun rises they fly away

to some place that nobody knows about.


18You, king of Assyia,

your shepherds have fallen asleep.

Your nobles have settled down for a break.

Your people will be scattered across the hills,

with no one to gather them again.

19Your pain will get no relief

your wound is too severe.

Everyone who hears the news about you will do a high-five,

because there’s no one who hasn’t experienced your cruelty.


2:7 Possibly referring to the city of Nineveh itself, or possibly to its queen.

3:8 Ancient No-Amon—modern Luxor in Egypt.

2[fn] there on the_mountains [the]_feet_of [one_who]_bears_news [one_who]_proclaims peace celebrate_a_festival Oh_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) festivals_of_your pay vows_of_your if/because not he_will_repeat again to_invade[fn] on/over_you(fs) a_worthless_person completely_of_he it_will_be_cut_off.
2[fn] he_has_come_up [one_who]_scatters on faces_of_you guard [the]_fortification watch [the]_road strengthen [the]_loins make_strong strength exceedingly.
3[fn] if/because YHWH he_will_restore DOM the_majesty_of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) like_majesty_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) if/because ravaged_them [those_who]_lay_waste and_branches_of_their they_have_destroyed.
4[fn] the_shield_of warriors_of_his [is]_dyed_red men_of strength [are]_clothed_in_scarlet in/on/at/with_fire_of iron(s) the_chariots in/on_day musters_he and_the_spears they_have_been_made_to_quiver.
5[fn] in/on/at/with_streets they_drive_madly the_chariots rush_to_and_fro in/on/at/with_squares appearance_of_their like_the_torches like_the_lightning they_run_around.
6[fn] he_remembers officers_of_his they_stumble in/on/at/with_march_of_they[fn] they_hurry wall_of_her and_set_up the_mantelet.
7[fn] the_gates_of the_river they_have_been_opened and_the_palace it_has_melted_away.
8[fn] and_decreed it_was_uncovered it_was_taken_away and_slave_girls_of_her [are]_moaning like_sound_of doves [they_are]_beating on breasts_of_their.
9[fn] and_Nīnəvēh like_pool_of water from_days_of it and_they [are]_fleeing stop stop and_no [one_who]_turns_back.
10[fn] plunder silver plunder gold and_there_is_no an_end to_the_treasure abundance from_all article_of preciousness.
11[fn] emptiness and_desolation and_devastation and_hearts melting and_tremble_of knees and_anguish in_all loins and_faces_of all_of_their they_have_gathered a_glow.
12[fn] where [is_the]_dwelling_place_of lions and_feeding_place it of_the_young_lions where it_walked lion lion there cub_of lion and_nothing [one_who]_terrified.
13[fn] [the]_lion [was]_tearing in/on/at/with_enough_of cubs_of_his and_strangled for_lionesses_of_his and_filled prey lairs_of_his and_dens_of_his torn_flesh.
14[fn] see_I against_you the_utterance_of YHWH hosts and_burn in/on/at/with_smoke chariots_of_her and_young_lions_of_your [the]_sword it_will_consume and_cut_off from_earth prey_of_your and_not it_will_be_heard again the_voice_of messengers_of_your.
3woe_to [the]_city_of blood(s) full_of_she lying plunder [is]_full not prey it_will_depart.
2[the]_sound_of a_whip and_noise_of [the]_rattling_of a_wheel and_horse galloping and_chariot jolting.
3A_horseman bringing_up and_flashing_of a_sword and_glittering_of a_spear and_many_of [the]_slain and_heaps_of corpse[s] and_without an_end to_the_dead_bodies wwww[fn] in/on/at/with_dead_of_their.
4Because_of_all_of [the]_prostitution(s)_of a_prostitute good_of grace a_mistress_of sorceries the_enslaves nations in/on/at/with_prostitution_of_her and_peoples in/on/at/with_sorceries_of_her.
5Behold_I against_you the_utterance_of YHWH hosts and_lift_up skirts_of_your over face_of_your and_show nations nakedness_of_your and_kingdoms shame_of_your.
6And_throw at_you detestable_things and_treat_withcontempt_you and_make_you as_spectacle.
7And_it_was all_of see_of_you he_will_flee from_you and_saying(ms) Nīnəvēh it_is_devastated who will_he_show_sympathy to/for_her/it from_where will_I_seek comforters to/for_you(fs).
8Better than_No ʼĀmōn the_sat in/on/at/with_nile water [was]_all_around to/for_her/it which rampart_of [was_the]_sea of_water wall_of_her.
9Kūsh/(Cush) strength_of_her and_Miʦrayim and_without an_end Fūţ and_Libya they_were in/on/at/with_allies_of_your.
10Also it as_an_exile it_went in/on/at/with_captivity also infants_of_her they_were_dashed_in_pieces in/on/at/with_head_of all_of [the]_streets and_for nobles_of_her they_throw a_lot and_all great_of_her they_were_bound in/on/at/with_chains.
11Also you you_will_become_drunk it_will_be hidden also you you_will_seek a_refuge from_enemy.
12All_of fortresses_of_your [are]_fig_trees with first-fruits if they_will_be_shaken and_fall on [the]_mouth_of [one_who]_eats.
13There troops_of_your [are]_women in/on/at/with_midst_of_your to_enemies_of_your wide_(open) the_gates_of they_will_be_opened land_of_your fire it_will_consume bars_of_your.
14Water_of siege draw to/for_you(fs) strengthen fortifications_of_your go in/on/at/with_clay and_tread in/on/at/with_mortar take_hold_of a_brick-mould.
15There devour_you fire cut_down_you [the]_sword consume_you like_the_locust make_yourself_numerous like_the_locust make_yourself_numerous like_the_grasshopper.
16You_have_increased merchants_of_your more_than_stars_of the_heavens a_locust it_strips_off and_flies_away.
17Guards_of_your like_the_locusts and_scribes_of_your like_locust_swarm_of locust[s] the_settling in/on/at/with_walls in/on_day coldness [the]_sun it_rises and_fly_away and_not place_of_him it_is_known where_they.
18They_are_slumbering shepherds_of_your Oh_king_of ʼAshshūr they_settle_down nobles_of_your people_of_your they_are_scattered on the_mountains and_no [one_who]_gathers.
19There_[is]_not relief for_wound_of_your wound_of_your [is]_severe all_of [those_who]_hear_of news_of_you they_strike a_palm over_you if/because over whom not cruelty_of_your has_it_passed continually.

2:1 Note: KJB: Nah.1.15

2:1 Variant note: ל/עבור: (x-qere) ’לַֽ/עֲבָר’: lemma_l/5674 a morph_HR/Vqc id_34SHw לַֽ/עֲבָר

2:2 Note: KJB: Nah.2.1

2:3 Note: KJB: Nah.2.2

2:4 Note: KJB: Nah.2.3

2:5 Note: KJB: Nah.2.4

2:6 Note: KJB: Nah.2.5

2:6 Variant note: ב/הלכות/ם: (x-qere) ’בַּ/הֲלִֽיכָתָ֑/ם’: lemma_b/1979 n_1 morph_HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp id_34dAC בַּ/הֲלִֽיכָתָ֑/ם

2:7 Note: KJB: Nah.2.6

2:8 Note: KJB: Nah.2.7

2:9 Note: KJB: Nah.2.8

2:10 Note: KJB: Nah.2.9

2:11 Note: KJB: Nah.2.10

2:12 Note: KJB: Nah.2.11

2:13 Note: KJB: Nah.2.12

2:14 Note: KJB: Nah.2.13

3:3 Variant note: יכשלו: (x-qere) ’וְ/כָשְׁל֖וּ’: lemma_c/3782 n_0.0 morph_HC/Vqp3cp id_34AXb וְ/כָשְׁל֖וּ

NAH 2:1–3:19 ©

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