{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/nahum/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T04:53:38.178Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Nahum","bookSlug":"nahum","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For Jehovah restoreth the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and destroyed their vine-branches."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress'spears are brandished."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry ; but none looketh back."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard."}],"citation":{"inline":"Nahum 2 (ASV)","markdown":"[Nahum 2](https://primebible.com/asv/nahum/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/nahum/2 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}