Nahum 2:4Easy To Read VersionThe chariots race wildly through the streets.\par They rush back and forth through the square.\par They look like burning torches,\par like lightning flashing\par from place to place!\par See the chapter |
You sent your officers\par to insult the Lord my Master.\par You said,\par ‘\{I am very powerful!\}\par I have many, many chariots. {\cf2\super [354]} \par \{With my power I defeated Lebanon.\}\par I climbed the highest mountains\par of Lebanon. {\cf2\super [355]} \par I cut down all the great trees (armies)\par of Lebanon.\par I have been to the highest mountain\par and into the deepest part of that forest.\par
Those crowd of men will come to you. They will come riding on their horses and in their chariots. There will be many, many people. They will have their spears, shields, and helmets. They will gather together around you. I will tell them what you have done to me. And they will punish you their own way.
There will be so many of his horses that the dust from them will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of horse soldiers, wagons, and chariots {\cf2\super [213]} when the king of Babylon enters the city through your city gates. Yes, they will come into your city because its walls will be pulled down.
The Lord my Master says these things, “I will bring an enemy from the north against Tyre. That enemy is Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon! He will bring a very large army. There will be horses, chariots, {\cf2\super [212]} horse soldiers and many, many other soldiers! Those soldiers will be from many different nations.