CHAP. II.
God sends his armies against
Ninive to destroy it.
1 He is come up that shall
destroy before thy face,
that shall keep the siege:
watch the way, fortify thy
loins, strengthen thy power
exceedingly.
2 For the Lord note hath
rendered the pride of Jacob,
as the pride of Israel: because
the spoilers have laid them
-- --
waste, and have marred their
vine-branches.
3 The shield note of his
mighty men is like fire, the
men of the army are clad in
scarlet, the reins of the chariot
are flaming in the day of his
preparation, and the drivers
are note stupified.
4 They are in confusion in
the ways, the chariots justle
one against another in the
steeets: their looks are like
torches, like-lightening running
to and fro.
5 He will muster up his
valiant men, they shall note
stumble in their march: they
shall quickly get upon the
walls thereof: and a covering
shall be prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers
are opened, and the temple
is thrown down to the
ground.
7 And the soldier is led away
captive: and her bondwomen
were led away mourning
as doves, murmuring in
their hearts.
8 And as for Ninive, her
waters are like a great pool:
but the men flee away. They
cry: Stand, stand, but there is
none that will return back.
9 Take ye the spoil of the
silver, take the spoil of the
gold: for there is no end of
the riches of all the precious
furniture.
10 She is destroyed, and
rent, and torn: the heart melteth,
and the knees fail, and
all the loins lose their strength:
and the faces of them all are
as the blackness of a kettle.
11 Where is now the
dwelling of the lions, and the
feeding place of the young
lions, to which the lion went,
to enter in thither, the young
lion, and there was none to
make them afraid?
12 The lion caught enough
for his whelps, and killed for
his lionesses: and he filled his
holes with prey, and his den
with rapine.
13 Behold I come against
thee, saith the Lord of hosts,
and I will burn thy chariots
even to smoke, and the sword
shall devour thy young lions:
and I will cut off thy prey out
of the land, and the voice of
thy messengers shall be heard
no more.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
