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51 lines
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# Chapter 2
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1 He who scatters has come up before your face.
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Man the fort!
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Watch the road!
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Strengthen your flanks!
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Fortify your power mightily.
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2 For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob
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Like the excellence of Israel,
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For the emptiers have emptied them out
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And ruined their vine branches.
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3 The shields of his mighty men are made red,
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The valiant men are in scarlet.
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The chariots come with flaming torches
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In the day of his preparation,
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And the spears are brandished.
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4 The chariots rage in the streets,
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They jostle one another in the broad roads;
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They seem like torches,
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They run like lightning.
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5 He remembers his nobles;
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They stumble in their walk;
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They make haste to her walls,
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And the defense is prepared.
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6 The gates of the rivers are opened,
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And the palace is dissolved.
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7 It is decreed:
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She shall be led away captive,
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She shall be brought up;
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And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves,
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Beating their breasts.
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8 Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water,
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Now they flee away.
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“Halt! Halt!” they cry;
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But no one turns back.
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9 Take spoil of silver!
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Take spoil of gold!
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There is no end of treasure,
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Or wealth of every desirable prize.
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10 She is empty, desolate, and waste!
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The heart melts, and the knees shake;
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Much pain is in every side,
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And all their faces are drained of color.
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11 Where is the dwelling of the lions,
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And the feeding place of the young lions,
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Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,
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And no one made them afraid?
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12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,
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Killed for his lionesses,
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Filled his caves with prey,
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And his dens with flesh.
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13 “Behold, I am against you,” says the Lord of hosts, “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 be heard no more.” |