50 lines
1.8 KiB
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50 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 2
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1 The scatterer has come up against you.
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Man the ramparts;
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watch the road;
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dress for battle;
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collect all your strength.
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2 For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
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as the majesty of Israel,
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for plunderers have plundered them
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and ruined their branches.
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3 The shield of his mighty men is red;
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his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
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The chariots come with flashing metal
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on the day he musters them;
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the cypress spears are brandished.
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4 The chariots race madly through the streets;
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they rush to and fro through the squares;
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they gleam like torches;
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they dart like lightning.
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5 He remembers his officers;
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they stumble as they go,
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they hasten to the wall;
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the siege tower is set up.
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6 The river gates are opened;
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the palace melts away;
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7 its mistress is stripped; she is carried off,
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her slave girls lamenting,
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moaning like doves
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and beating their breasts.
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8 Nineveh is like a pool
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whose waters run away.
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“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
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but none turns back.
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9 Plunder the silver,
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plunder the gold!
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There is no end of the treasure
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or of the wealth of all precious things.
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10 Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
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Hearts melt and knees tremble;
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anguish is in all loins;
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all faces grow pale!
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11 Where is the lions' den,
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the feeding place of the young lions,
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where the lion and lioness went,
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where his cubs were, with none to disturb?
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12 The lion tore enough for his cubs
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and strangled prey for his lionesses;
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he filled his caves with prey
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and his dens with torn flesh.
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13 Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard. |