1The one who
ascatters
has come
up against
2you. Man
the fortress
, watch
the road
; 3Strengthen
your back
, 4summon
all
your strength
.
For the LORD will restore
the asplendor
of Jacob
bLike the splendor
of Israel
, Even though
devastators
have devastated
them And cdestroyed
their vine
branches
.
The shields of 1his mighty
men
are colored red
, The warriors
are dressed
in ascarlet
, The chariots
are enveloped in 2flashing
steel
3When
he is prepared
to march, And the cypress
bspears are brandished
.
The achariots race
madly
in the streets
, They rush
wildly
in the 1squares
, Their appearance
is like torches
, They dash
to and fro
like lightning
flashes
.
He remembers his anobles
; They bstumble
in their march
, They hurry
to her wall
, And the 1mantelet
is set
up.
The gates of the rivers
are opened
And the palace
is dissolved
.
It is fixed: She is stripped
, she is carried
away
, And her handmaids
are amoaning
like the sound
of doves
, bBeating
on their 1breasts
.
Though Nineveh was like a pool
of water
throughout
her days
, Now they are fleeing
; "Stop
, stop
," But ano
one
turns
back
.
Plunder the silver
! Plunder
the agold
! For there
is no
limit
to the treasure
-- Wealth
from every
kind of desirable
object
.
She is aemptied! Yes, she is desolate
and waste
! bHearts
are melting
and knees
knocking
! Also anguish
is in 1the whole
body
And all
their cfaces
are grown
pale
!
Where is the den
of the lions
And the feeding
place
of the ayoung
lions
, Where
the lion
, lioness
and lion's
cub
prowled
, With nothing
to disturb
them?
The lion tore
enough
for his cubs
, 1Killed
enough for his lionesses
, And filled
his lairs
with prey
And his dens
with torn
flesh
.
"Behold, aI am against
you," declares
the LORD
of hosts
. "I will bburn
up her chariots
in smoke
, a sword
will devour
your young
lions
; I will ccut
off
your prey
from the land
, and no
longer
will the voice
of your messengers
be heard
."