Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Nahum 1
¹³ "So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will tear off your shackles."
¹⁴ The Lord has issued a command concerning you: "Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off idol and image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible."
¹⁵ Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay your vows. For never again will the wicked one pass through you; He is cut off completely.
Nahum 2
¹ The one who scatters has come up against you. Man the fortress, watch the road; Strengthen your back, summon all your strength.
² For the Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob Like the splendor of Israel, Even though devastators have devastated them And destroyed their vine branches.
³ The shields of his mighty men are colored red, The warriors are dressed in scarlet, The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel When he is prepared to march, And the cypress spears are brandished.
⁴ The chariots race madly in the streets, They rush wildly in the squares, Their appearance is like torches, They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.
⁵ He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their march, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up.
⁶ The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved.
⁷ It is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts.
⁸ Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; "Stop, stop," But no one turns back.