Dual Panel1The watchmen of Nineveh shout: “An enemy who will scatter <06327> you is marching out <05927> to attack you <06440>!” “Guard <05341> the rampart <04694>! Watch <06822> the road <01870>! Prepare <02388> yourselves <04975> for battle! Muster <0553> your mighty <03966> strength <03581>!”
2For <03588> the Lord <03068> will restore <07725> the majesty <01347> of Jacob <03290>, as well as the majesty <01347> of Israel <03478>, though <03588> their enemies have plundered <01238> <01238> them and have destroyed <07843> their fields <02156>.
3The shields <04043> of his warriors <01368> are dyed red <0119>; the mighty <02428> soldiers <0376> are dressed in scarlet garments <08529>. The metal fittings <06393> of the chariots <07393> shine like fire <0784> on the day <03117> of battle <03559>; the soldiers brandish <07477> their spears <01265>.
4The chariots <07393> race madly <01984> through the streets <02351>, they rush back and forth <08264> in the broad plazas <07339>; they look like <04758> lightning bolts <03940>, they dash here and there <07323> like flashes of lightning <01300>.
5The commander orders <02142> his officers <0117>; they stumble <03782> as they advance <01979>; they rush <04116> to the city wall <02346> and they set up <03559> the covered siege tower <05526>.
6The sluice <05104> gates <08179> are opened <06605>; the royal palace <01964> is deluged and dissolves <04127>.
7Nineveh is taken into <05927> exile <01540> and is led away <05090>; her slave girls <0519> moan <06963> like doves <03123> while they beat <08608> their breasts <03824>.
8Nineveh <05210> was like a pool <01295> of water <04325> throughout her <01931> days <03117>, but now her people <01992> are running away <05127>; she cries out: “Stop <05975>! Stop <05975>!”– but no one <0369> turns back <06437>.
9Her conquerors cry out: “Plunder <0962> the silver <03701>! Plunder <0962> the gold <02091>!” There is no <0369> end <07097> to the treasure <08498>; riches <03519> of every <03605> kind of precious <02532> thing <03627>.
10Destruction <0950>, devastation <01110>, and desolation <04003>! Their hearts <03820> faint <04549>, their knees <01290> tremble <06375>, each stomach <04975> churns <02479>, each <03605> face <06440> turns <06908> pale <06289>!
11Where <0346> now is the den <04583> of the lions <0738>, the feeding place <04829> of the young lions <03715>, where <08033> <0834> the lion <0738>, lioness <03833>, and lion <0738> cub <01482> once prowled <01980> and no one <0369> disturbed <02729> them?
12The lion <0738> tore apart <02963> as much <01767> prey as <01767> his cubs <01484> needed <01767> and strangled <02614> prey to provide food for his lionesses <03833>; he filled <04390> his lairs <02356> with prey <02964> and his dens <04585> with torn <02966> flesh.
13“I am against <0413> you!” declares <05002> the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>: “I will burn <01197> your chariots <07393> with fire <06227>; the sword <02719> will devour <0398> your young lions <03715>; you will no longer <03772> prey <02964> upon the land <0776>; the voices <06963> of your messengers <04397> will no <03808> longer <05750> be heard <08085>.”