1
He that dasheth in pieces[H6327] is come up[H5927] before thy face[H6440]: keep[H5341] the munition[H4694], watch[H6822] the way[H1870], make thy loins[H4975]strong[H2388], fortify[H553] thy power[H3581]mightily[H3966].
2
For the LORD[H3068] hath turned away[H7725] the excellency[H1347] of Jacob[H3290], as the excellency[H1347] of Israel[H3478]: for the emptiers[H1238] have emptied them out[H1238], and marred[H7843] their vine branches[H2156].
3
The shield[H4043] of his mighty men[H1368] is made red[H119], the valiant[H2428]men[H582] 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].
4
The chariots[H7393] shall rage[H1984] in the streets[H2351], they shall justle one against another[H8264] in the broad ways[H7339]: they shall seem[H4758] like torches[H3940], they shall run[H7323] like the lightnings[H1300].
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 defence[H5526] shall be prepared[H3559].
6
The gates[H8179] of the rivers[H5104] shall be opened[H6605], and the palace[H1964] shall be dissolved[H4127].
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], tabering[H8608] upon their breasts[H3824].
8
But Nineveh[H5210] is of old[H3117] like a pool[H1295] of water[H4325]: yet they shall flee away[H5127]. Stand[H5975], stand[H5975], shall they cry; but none shall look back[H6437].
9
Take ye the spoil[H962] of silver[H3701], take the spoil[H962] of gold[H2091]: for there is none end[H7097] of the store[H8498] and glory[H3519] out of all the pleasant[H2532]furniture[H3627].
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 loins[H4975], and the faces[H6440] of them all gather[H6908]blackness[H6289].
11
Where is the dwelling[H4583] of the lions[H738], and the feedingplace[H4829] of the young lions[H3715], where the lion[H738], even the old lion[H3833], walked[H1980], and the lion[H3833]'s whelp[H1482], and none made them afraid?[H2729]
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].
13
Behold, I am against 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[H776], and the voice[H6963] of thy messengers[H4397] shall no more be heard[H8085].