Yahweh’s Destruction of Nineveh
The one who ascatters has come up against you.
Guard the fortification, watch the road;
Strengthen your loins, instill your power with exceeding courage.
2 For Yahweh will restore the amajesty of Jacob
bLike the majesty of Israel,
Even though those who empty them have emptied them to destruction
And cruined their vine branches.
3 The shields of his mighty men are colored red,
The valiant men are dressed in ascarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel
When he is set up to march,
And the cypress bspears are brandished.
4 The achariots 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 amighty ones;
They bstumble in their march;
They hurry to her wall,
And the mantelet is set up.