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2:1  Nineveh, you are under attack! The power that will shatter you has come. Prepare the defenses! Guard the road! Prepare for battle!
2:2  The Lord is about to restore the glory of Israel, as it was before her enemies plundered her.
2:3  The enemy soldiers carry red shields and wear uniforms of red. They are preparing to attack! Their chariots flash like fire! Their horses prance!
2:4  Chariots dash wildly through the streets, rushing back and forth in the city squares. They flash like torches and dart about like lightning.
2:5  The officers are summoned; they stumble as they press forward. The attackers rush to the wall and set up the shield for the battering ram.
2:6  The gates by the river burst open; the palace is filled with terror.
2:7  The queen is taken captive; her servants moan like doves and beat their breasts in sorrow.
2:8  Like water from a broken dam the people rush from Nineveh! “Stop! Stop!” the cry rings out— but no one turns back.
2:9  Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The city is full of treasure!
2:10  Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, desolate! Hearts melt with fear; knees tremble, strength is gone; faces grow pale.
2:11  Where now is the city that was like a den of lions, the place where young lions were fed, where the lion and the lioness would go and their cubs would be safe?
2:12  The lion killed his prey and tore it to pieces for his mate and her cubs; he filled his den with torn flesh.
2:13  “I am your enemy!” says the Lord Almighty. “I will burn up your chariots. Your soldiers will be killed in war, and I will take away everything that you took from others. The demands of your envoys will no longer be heard.”