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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Anger Against Nineveh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a jealous and avenging God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> takes vengeance on his foes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">and vents his wrath against his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is slow to anger but great in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not leave the guilty unpunished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">and clouds are the dust of his feet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He rebukes the sea and dries it up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">he makes all the rivers run dry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">Bashan and Carmel wither</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The mountains quake before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">and the hills melt away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">The earth trembles at his presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">the world and all who live in it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who can withstand his indignation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">Who can endure his fierce anger?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">His wrath is poured out like fire;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">the rocks are shattered before him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">a refuge in times of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">He cares for those who trust in him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">but with an overwhelming flood</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">he will make an end of Nineveh;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whatever they plot against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">he will bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">What do you foes plot against the <span class="nd">Lord</span>? / He will bring it</span></span></span><span class="content"> to an end;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">trouble will not come a second time.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will be entangled among thorns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">and drunk from their wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">they will be consumed like dry stubble.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:10 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">From you, Nineveh, has one come forth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">who plots evil against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">and devises wicked plans.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">&#8220;Although they have allies and are numerous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">they will be destroyed and pass away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">Although I have afflicted you, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">I will afflict you no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now I will break their yoke from your neck</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="content">and tear your shackles away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given a command concerning you, Nineveh:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">&#8220;You will have no descendants to bear your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">I will destroy the images and idols</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">that are in the temple of your gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">I will prepare your grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">for you are vile.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Look, there on the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">the feet of one who brings good news,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">who proclaims peace!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">Celebrate your festivals, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">and fulfill your vows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">No more will the wicked invade you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.1.15"><span class="content">they will be completely destroyed.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Nineveh to Fall</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">An attacker advances against you, Nineveh.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">Guard the fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">watch the road,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">brace yourselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">marshal all your strength!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will restore the splendor of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">like the splendor of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">though destroyers have laid them waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">and have ruined their vines.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The shields of the soldiers are red;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">the warriors are clad in scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">The metal on the chariots flashes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">on the day they are made ready;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">the spears of juniper are brandished.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The chariots storm through the streets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">rushing back and forth through the squares.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">They look like flaming torches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">they dart about like lightning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Nineveh summons her picked troops,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">yet they stumble on their way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">They dash to the city wall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">the protective shield is put in place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The river gates are thrown open</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="content">and the palace collapses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It is decreed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that Nineveh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">be exiled and carried away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">Her female slaves moan like doves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">and beat on their breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Nineveh is like a pool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">whose water is draining away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Stop! Stop!&#8221; they cry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">but no one turns back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Plunder the silver!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">Plunder the gold!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">The supply is endless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">the wealth from all its treasures!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">Hearts melt, knees give way,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">bodies tremble, every face grows pale.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Where now is the lions&#8217; den,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">the place where they fed their young,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">where the lion and lioness went,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">and the cubs, with nothing to fear?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The lion killed enough for his cubs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">and strangled the prey for his mate,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">filling his lairs with the kill</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">and his dens with the prey.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am against you,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I will burn up your chariots in smoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">and the sword will devour your young lions.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">I will leave you no prey on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">The voices of your messengers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.2.13"><span class="content">will no longer be heard.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to Nineveh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the city of blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">full of lies,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">full of plunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">never without victims!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NAM.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The crack of whips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">the clatter of wheels,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">galloping horses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">and jolting chariots!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NAM.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Charging cavalry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">flashing swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">and glittering spears!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">Many casualties,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">piles of dead,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">bodies without number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">people stumbling over the corpses&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NAM.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">alluring, the mistress of sorceries,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">who enslaved nations by her prostitution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">and peoples by her witchcraft.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NAM.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am against you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will lift your skirts over your face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">I will show the nations your nakedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">and the kingdoms your shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NAM.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will pelt you with filth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">I will treat you with contempt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">and make you a spectacle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NAM.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All who see you will flee from you and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Nineveh is in ruins&#8212;who will mourn for her?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">Where can I find anyone to comfort you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NAM.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Are you better than Thebes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">situated on the Nile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">with water around her?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">The river was her defense,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">the waters her wall.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NAM.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Egypt were her boundless strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="content">Put and Libya were among her allies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NAM.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet she was taken captive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and went into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Her infants were dashed to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">Lots were cast for her nobles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">and all her great men were put in chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NAM.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You too will become drunk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">you will go into hiding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">and seek refuge from the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NAM.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">All your fortresses are like fig trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">with their first ripe fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">when they are shaken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NAM.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Look at your troops&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">they are all weaklings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">The gates of your land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">are wide open to your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">fire has consumed the bars of your gates.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NAM.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Draw water for the siege,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">strengthen your defenses!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">Work the clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">tread the mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">repair the brickwork!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NAM.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">There the fire will consume you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">the sword will cut you down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">Multiply like grasshoppers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">multiply like locusts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NAM.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You have increased the number of your merchants</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">but like locusts they strip the land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">and then fly away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NAM.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Your guards are like locusts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">your officials like swarms of locusts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">that settle in the walls on a cold day&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">but when the sun appears they fly away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">and no one knows where.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NAM.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">King of Assyria, your shepherds</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> slumber;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">your nobles lie down to rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">Your people are scattered on the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">with no one to gather them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NAM.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Nothing can heal you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your wound is fatal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">All who hear the news about you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">clap their hands at your fall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">for who has not felt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NAM.3.19"><span class="content">your endless cruelty?</span></span></div>
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