2:1 At this moment on the mountains the footsteps of one bearing good news, of one announcing peace! Celebrate your feasts, Judah, fulfill your vows! For never again will destroyers invade you; they are completely cut off.
2:2 One who scatters has come up against you; guard the rampart, Watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
2:3 The Lord will restore the vine of Jacob, the honor of Israel, Because ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their branches.
2:4 The shields of his warriors are crimsoned, the soldiers clad in scarlet; Like fire are the trappings of the chariots on the day he prepares for war; the cavalry is agitated!
2:5 The chariots dash madly through the streets and wheel in the squares, Looking like torches, bolting like lightning.
2:6 His picked troops are called, ranks break at their charge; To the wall they rush, their screen is set up.
2:7 The river gates are opened, the palace is washed away.
2:8 The mistress is led forth captive, and her maidservants led away, Moaning like doves, beating their breasts.
2:9 Nineveh is like a pool whose waters escape; “Stop! Stop!” but none turns back.
2:10 “Plunder the silver, plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, to wealth in every precious thing!
2:11 Emptiness, desolation, waste; melting hearts and trembling knees, Churning in every stomach, every face turning pale!
2:12 Where is the lionesses’ den, the young lions’ cave, Where the lion went in and out, and the cub, with no one to disturb them?
2:13 The lion tore apart enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses; He filled his lairs with prey, and his dens with torn flesh.
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