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1. The destroyern is coming to attack you, Nineveh. Guard the defenses. Watch the road. Get ready. Gather all your strength!
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1. He that dasheth in pieces H6327 is come up H5927 before H5921 thy face H6440 : keep H5341 the munition H4694 , watch H6822 the way H1870 , make thy loins strong H2388 H4975 , fortify H553 thy power H3581 mightily H3966 .
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2. Destroyers have destroyed God's people and ruined their vines, but the Lord will bring back Jacob's greatness like Israel's greatness.
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2. For H3588 the LORD H3068 hath turned away H7725 H853 the excellency H1347 of Jacob H3290 , as the excellency H1347 of Israel H3478 : for H3588 the emptiers H1238 have emptied H1238 them out , and marred H7843 their vine branches H2156 .
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3. The shields of his soldiers are red; the army is dressed in red. The metal on the chariots flashes like fire when they are ready to attack; their horses are excited.
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3. The shield H4043 of his mighty men H1368 is made red H119 , the valiant H2428 men H376 are in scarlet H8529 : the chariots H7393 shall be with flaming H784 torches H6393 in the day H3117 of his preparation H3559 , and the fir trees H1265 shall be terribly shaken H7477 .
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4. The chariots race through the streets and rush back and forth through the city squares. They look like torches; they run like lightning.
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4. The chariots H7393 shall rage H1984 in the streets H2351 , they shall jostle one against another H8264 in the broad ways H7339 : they shall seem H4758 like torches H3940 , they shall run H7323 like the lightnings H1300 .
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5. Hen calls his officers, but they stumble on the way. They hurry to the city wall, and the shield is put into place.
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5. He shall recount H2142 his worthies H117 : they shall stumble H3782 in their walk H1979 ; they shall make haste H4116 to the wall H2346 thereof , and the defense H5526 shall be prepared H3559 .
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6. The river gates are thrown open, and the palace is destroyed.
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6. The gates H8179 of the rivers H5104 shall be opened H6605 , and the palace H1964 shall be dissolved H4127 .
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7. It has been announced that the people of Nineveh will be captured and carried away. The slave girls moan like doves and beat their breasts, because they are sad.
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7. And Huzzab H5324 shall be led away captive H1540 , she shall be brought up H5927 , and her maids H519 shall lead H5090 her as with the voice H6963 of doves H3123 , taboring H8608 upon H5921 their breasts H3824 .
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8. Nineveh is like a pool, and now its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" the people yell, but no one turns back.
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8. But Nineveh H5210 is of old H4480 H3117 like a pool H1295 of water H4325 : yet they H1992 shall flee away H5127 . Stand H5975 , stand H5975 , shall they cry ; but none H369 shall look back H6437 .
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9. Take the silver! Take the gold! There is no end to the treasure -- piles of wealth of every kind.
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9. Take ye the spoil H962 of silver H3701 , take the spoil H962 of gold H2091 : for there is none H369 end H7097 of the store H8498 and glory H3519 out of all H4480 H3605 the pleasant H2532 furniture H3627 .
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10. Nineveh is robbed, ruined, and destroyed. The people lose their courage, and their knees knock. Stomachs ache, and everyone's face grows pale.
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10. She is empty H950 , and void H4003 , and waste H1110 : and the heart H3820 melteth H4549 , and the knees H1290 smite together H6375 , and much pain H2479 is in all H3605 loins H4975 , and the faces H6440 of them all H3605 gather H6908 blackness H6289 .
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11. Where is the lions' den and the place where they feed their young? Where did the lion, lioness, and cubs go without being afraid?
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11. Where H346 is the dwelling H4583 of the lions H738 , and the feeding place H4829 of the young lions H3715 , where H834 H8033 the lion H738 , even the old lion H3833 , walked H1980 , and the lion H738 's whelp H1482 , and none H369 made them afraid H2729 ?
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12. The lion killed enough for his cubs, enough for his mate. He filled his cave with the animals he caught; he filled his den with meat he had killed.
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12. The lion H738 did tear in pieces H2963 enough H1767 for his whelps H1484 , and strangled H2614 for his lionesses H3833 , and filled H4390 his holes H2356 with prey H2964 , and his dens H4585 with ravin H2966 .
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13. "I am against you, Nineveh," says the Lord All-Powerful. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will kill your young lions. I will stop you from hunting down others on the earth, and your messengers' voices will no longer be heard."
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13. Behold H2009 , I am against H413 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , and I will burn H1197 her chariots H7393 in the smoke H6227 , and the sword H2719 shall devour H398 thy young lions H3715 : and I will cut off H3772 thy prey H2964 from the earth H4480 H776 , and the voice H6963 of thy messengers H4397 shall no H3808 more H5750 be heard H8085 .
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