Maybe you will make yourself strong and ready for war, but God can help you win or help you lose.”
Nahum 2:1 - Easy To Read Version An enemy is coming to attack you.\par So guard the strong places of your city.\par Watch the road.\par Get ready for war.\par Prepare for battle!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HE WHO dashes in pieces [that is, the king of Medo-Babylon] is come up before your face [Nineveh]. Keep the fortress and ramparts manned, watch the road, gird your loins, collect and fortify all your strength and power mightily. American Standard Version (1901) He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. Common English Bible A scatterer has come up against you. Guard the ramparts, watch the road, protect your groin, save your strength! Catholic Public Domain Version He ascends, who would scatter before your eyes, who would maintain the blockade. Contemplate the way, fortify your back, reinforce virtue greatly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly. |
Maybe you will make yourself strong and ready for war, but God can help you win or help you lose.”
So bring your thank offerings {\cf2\super [301]} \par \{to share with the other worshipers\}\par and come to be with God.\par You made promises to God Most High,\par so give him the things you promised.\par
We tell about the things you have done.\par And you hear our prayers.\par You hear the prayers of every person who comes to you.\par
In anger, the king of Babylon beat people.\par He never stopped beating people.\par That evil ruler ruled the people in anger.\par He never stopped hurting people.\par
Many, many nations fought against Ariel. {\cf2\super [267]} It has been like a terrible dream in the night. Armies have surrounded Ariel and punished her.
But it will also be like a dream to those armies. They will not get what they want. It will be like a hungry man dreaming about food. When the man wakes up, he is still hungry. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming about water. When the man wakes up, he is still thirsty.
It is a wonderful thing to see a messenger come over the hills with good news. It is wonderful to hear a messenger announce, “There is peace! We have been saved! Your God is king!”
So I will soon send for all the family groups of the north. {\cf2\super [202]} ” This message is from the Lord. “I will soon send for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is my servant. I will bring those people against the land of Judah and against the people of Judah. I will bring them against all the nations around you too. I will destroy all of those countries. I will make those lands like an empty desert forever. People will see those countries, and whistle at how badly they were destroyed.
Babylon was called\par ‘The Hammer of the Whole Earth.’\par But now the ‘Hammer’ is shattered.\par Babylon is the most ruined of the nations.\par