The Overthrow of Nineveh
1The one who ascatters has come up against 2you.Keep watch over the fortress, watch the road;3Bind up your waist, 4summon all your strength.Ch 2:2 in HebLit your faceLit Strengthen your loinsLit strengthen power greatlyJer 51:20-232 For the LORD will restore the asplendor of JacobbLike the splendor of Israel,Even though destroyers have laid waste to themAnd cruined their vines.Is 60:15Ezek 37:21-23Ps 80:12, 13
3 The shields of 1his warriors are dyed red,The warriors are dressed in ascarlet,The chariots are fitted with 2flashing steel3When he is prepared to march,And the juniper bspears are brandished.I.e., those attacking NinevehLit fire of steelLit On the day of his preparationEzek 23:14, 15Job 39:234 The achariots drive wildly in the streets,They rush around in the 1public squares;Their appearance is like torches,They drive back and forth like lightning flashes.Lit broad placesIs 66:15; Jer 4:13; Ezek 26:10; Nah 3:2, 35 He remembers his aofficers;They bstumble in their advance,They hurry to her wall,And the 1mantelet is set up.I.e., a shield used for stopping projectilesNah 3:18Jer 46:126 The gates of the rivers are openedAnd the palace sways back and forth.7 It is set:She is stripped, she is led away,And her slave women are asobbing like the sound of doves,bBeating their 1breasts.Lit heartsIs 38:14; 59:11Is 32:12
8 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,Yet they are fleeing;“Stop, stop,”But ano one turns back.Jer 46:5; 47:39 Plunder the silver,Plunder the agold!For there is no end to the treasure—Wealth from every kind of desirable object.Rev 18:12, 1610 She is aemptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste!bHearts are melting and knees wobbling!Also trembling is in 1the entire body,And all their cfaces have become pale!Lit all the loinsIs 24:1; 34:10-13; Nah 2:2Ps 22:14; Is 13:7, 8; Ezek 21:7Joel 2:611 Where is the den of the lionsAnd the feeding place of the ayoung lions,Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub wentWith nothing to disturb them?Is 5:2912 The lion tore enough for his cubs,1Killed enough prey for his lionesses,And filled his lairs with preyAnd his dens with torn flesh.Lit Strangled
13 “Behold, aI am against you,” declares the LORD of armies. “I will bburn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; I will celiminate your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”Jer 21:13; Ezek 5:8; Nah 3:5Josh 11:6, 9; Ps 46:9Is 49:24, 25; Nah 3:1