{"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/erv/nahum/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:18:26.296Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For the LORD bringeth again the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, 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 flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the spears are shaken terribly."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The chariots rage in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like the lightnings."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He remembereth his worthies: 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 Huzzab is uncovered, she is carried away, and her handmaids mourn as with the voice of doves, tabering 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 none end of the store, the glory of all pleasant 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 the LORD 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Nahum 2](https://primebible.com/erv/nahum/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/nahum/2 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}