He that dasheth in pieces{H6327} is come up{H5927} against thee:{H6440} keep{H5341} the fortress,{H4694} watch{H6822} the way,{H1870} make thy loins{H4975} strong,{H2388} fortify{H553} thy power{H3581} mightily.{H3966}

For Jehovah{H3068} restoreth{H7725} the excellency{H1347} of Jacob,{H3290} as the excellency{H1347} of Israel;{H3478} for the emptiers{H1238} have emptied them out,{H1238} and destroyed{H7843} their vine-branches.{H2156}

The shield{H4043} of his mighty men{H1368} is made red,{H119} the valiant{H2428} men{H582} are in scarlet:{H8529} the chariots{H7393} flash{H784} with steel{H6393} in the day{H3117} of his preparation,{H3559} and the cypress [spears]{H1265} are brandished.{H7477}

The chariots{H7393} rage{H1984} in the streets;{H2351} they rush{H8264} to and fro in the broad ways:{H7339} the appearance{H4758} of them is like torches;{H3940} they run{H7323} like the lightnings.{H1300}

He remembereth{H2142} his nobles:{H117} they stumble{H3782} in their march;{H1979} they make haste{H4116} to the wall{H2346} thereof, and the mantelet{H5526} is prepared.{H3559}

The gates{H8179} of the rivers{H5104} are opened,{H6605} and the palace{H1964} is dissolved.{H4127}

And it is decreed:{H5324} she is uncovered,{H1540} she is carried away;{H5927} and her handmaids{H519} moan{H5090} as with the voice{H6963} of doves,{H3123} beating{H8608} upon their breasts.{H3824}

But Nineveh{H5210} hath been from of old{H3117} like a pool{H1295} of water:{H4325} yet they flee away.{H5127} Stand,{H5975} stand,{H5975} [they cry]; but none looketh back.{H6437}

Take ye the spoil{H962} of silver,{H3701} take the spoil{H962} of gold;{H2091} for there is no end{H7097} of the store,{H8498} the glory{H3519} of all goodly{H2532} furniture.{H3627}

She is empty,{H950} and void,{H4003} and waste;{H1110} and the heart{H3820} melteth,{H4549} and the knees{H1290} smite together,{H6375} and anguish{H2479} is in all loins,{H4975} and the faces{H6440} of them all are waxed{H6908} pale.{H6289}

Where is the den{H4583} of the lions,{H738} and the feeding-place{H4829} of the young lions,{H3715} where the lion{H738} [and] the lioness{H738} walked,{H1980} the lion's{H3833} whelp,{H1482} and none made them afraid?{H2729}

The lion{H738} did tear in pieces{H2963} enough{H1767} for his whelps,{H1484} and strangled{H2614} for his lionesses,{H3833} and filled{H4390} his caves{H2356} with prey,{H2964} and his dens{H4585} with ravin.{H2966}

Behold, I am against thee, saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and I will burn{H1197} her chariots{H7393} in the smoke,{H6227} and the sword{H2719} shall devour{H398} thy young lions;{H3715} and I will cut off{H3772} thy prey{H2964} from the earth,{H776} and the voice{H6963} of thy messengers{H4397} shall no more be heard.{H8085}