{"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/dbt/nahum/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:33:30.522Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For Jehovah hath brought again the glory of Jacob, as the glory of Israel; for the wasters have wasted them, and marred their vine-branches."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots glitter with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And it is decreed: she shall be uncovered, she shall be led away, and her maids shall moan as with the voice of doves, drumming upon their breasts."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Nineveh hath been like a pool of water, since the day she existed, yet they flee away. ... Stand! Stand! But none looketh back."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Plunder the silver, plunder the gold; for there is no end of the splendid store of all precious vessels."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Where is now the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, and the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes 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 into 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 (DBT)","markdown":"[Nahum 2](https://primebible.com/dbt/nahum/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/nahum/2 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}