The Bible Study Podcast, episode 768. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the book of Nahum with chapter two.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We continue on with chapter two.

You may recall that Nahum is a book that is a prophecy from the prophet against Nineveh.

Nineve would be the capital city of the Assyrian Empire.

Chapter 2. An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road,

brace yourselves, marshal all your strength. The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob

like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.

The shields of the soldiers are red.

The warriors are clad in scarlet.

The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready.

The spears of the juniper are brandished.

The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares.

They look like flaming torches.

They dart about like lightning. Nineve summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way.

They dash to the city wall. The protective shield is put in place. The river gates are thrown open,

and the palace collapses. It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled

and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. Stop, stop, they cry, but no one turns back.

Plunder the silver, plunder the gold.

The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures.

She is pillaged, plundered, stripped, hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble,

every face grows pale.

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