Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!
Nahum 2:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The Assyrian leader] remembers and summons his bravest men; they stumble in their march. They hasten to the city's wall, and their movable defense shelter is prepared and set up. American Standard Version (1901) He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared. Common English Bible He musters his officers; they stumble as they press forward. They hurry to the city wall, and the portable shield is set up. Catholic Public Domain Version He will call to mind his strong ones; they will destroy along their journey. They will quickly ascend its walls, and a shelter will be prepared. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared. |
Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!
None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap broken.
The nations have heard of your dishonour, and your cries fill the earth, because warrior stumbles against warrior and together both of them have fallen.
Summon the archers to Babylon, all who string the bow; camp all round her; let none escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do the same to her, for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.
King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together.
Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end – they stumble over their dead.
Their horses are swifter than leopards and fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead; their horsemen come from distant lands. They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.