Nineveh's Consequence for Worshiping False gods After Being Warned |
Nahum 2:1-13 The Book of Nahum [in Smaller Chunks] |
He [who] dashes [into] pieces [comes] up before your, [a.k.a. Nineveh's] face. Keep, [a.k.a. Guard,] the [ammunition,] & watch the [road.] Make [yourselves] strong, & mightily fortify your power, [a.k.a. strength.] For the Lord has turned away the [excellence] of Jacob, [like] the [excellence] of Israel. |
For the [plunderers] have [totally] emptied them out, & marred, [a.k.a. corrupted,] [the] branches of their vine. [Psalm 106:34-39 They didn't destroy the nations, [about] whom the Lord commanded them. But were [mixed] among the heathen & learned their works. And they served their idols: [that] were a snare to them. |
[Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & daughters to [demons.] And shed [the] blood [of the] innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. |
And the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.] [Like this,] they were defiled with their own works, & went [like an unfaithful harlot after] their own inventions.] |
The shield of the mighty men is made red. [Nahum 3:3-4 The [horsemen lift] up both the bright sword, & the glittering spear. And there [are] a multitude of [struck down,] & a [large] number of [corpses.] |
And there is [no] end of their corpses & they stumble upon their corpses: because of the multitude of the [infidelities] of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, [who] sells nations, through her [unfaithful harlotry,] & [sells] families through her witchcrafts.] |
The valiant men are [covered] in scarlet. [Isaiah 9:5 For with confused noise, every battle of the warriors & garments [are] rolled in blood. But this [garment] shall be [for] burning, & add fuel [for the] fire.] |
And [on] the day of His preparation, the chariots shall be with flaming torches & the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. [Revelation 6:12-14 And I [saw] when He had opened the 6th seal, & [looked &] there was a [large] earthquake. |
And the sun became black [like] sackcloth [made] of hair, & the moon became [like] blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even [like] a fig tree, casts her [unripe] figs, when she is shaken [by] a mighty wind.] |
The chariots shall [violently] rage in the streets. They shall [jostle, a.k.a. bump into,] one another in the [wide roads.] They shall run [swiftly] like [lightning] & they shall seem like torches. He shall [specify] his [worthiest] [troops] & they shall stumble [as they] walk. |
The defense shall be prepared & they shall [hurry] to [its] wall. The [flood] gates of the rivers shall be opened. And the palace shall be [washed away.] And Huzzab shall be led away captive. Her maids shall lead her away, with the [sound] [like] doves, [beating] upon their [chests.] [Like this,] she shall be brought up. |
But [from ancient times,] Nineveh is like a pool of [flood] [waters.] [Still,] they shall flee away, & they shall cry [out,] [Stay, stay,] but none shall [turn] & look back. |
You take the [plunder] of: silver & gold, & all the pleasant furniture [of] glory. For there's [no] end of [what's] [stored] [up.] She is empty; [desolate,] & [ruined,] & the heart [melts] & the knees [knock] together & all [are sick to their stomachs.] |
And [black] [covers] the faces of all [those, who] gather. [Jeremiah 8:21 I am hurt, for the [harm] of the daughter of my people. I am [wearing] black, & astonishment has taken hold [of] me.] |
Where is the dwelling of the lions, & [where is] the feeding place of the young lions, where the [lions,] even the old [lions] walked, & the lion's [cub,] & none made them afraid? |
The lion [tore into] pieces enough for his [cubs,] & strangled [food] for his lioness. And filled his holes, [a.k.a. caves,] with prey, & his dens with [torn meat.] [Jeremiah 51:34-35 Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, has devoured me. |
He has crushed me, & he has made me an empty vessel. Like a dragon, he has swallowed me up, & he has filled his belly with my delicacies, & he has [thrown] me out. |
The inhabitants of Zion shall say, The violence done to me & to my flesh, shall be upon Babylon. Jerusalem shall say, And my blood [that was shed, shall be] upon the inhabitants of Chaldea.] |
The Lord of Hosts says, [Look,] I am against you, & I will burn [its] chariots in the smoke, & the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, & the voice of the messenger shall no [longer] be heard. |
[Jeremiah 29:10-11 For the Lord says [this;] That after 70 years [of captivity] [are] accomplished [in] Babylon, I will visit you, & [carry out] My good Word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord. Thoughts of peace, & not of evil, & to give you [an] end [like you wished for.] |