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Nahum 2:1-10

2:1

He that dasheth in pieces
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is come up
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before thy face
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keep
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the munition
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watch
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the way
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make [thy] loins
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strong
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fortify
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[thy] power
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mightily
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{He...: or, The disperser, or, hammer}

2:2

For the LORD
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hath turned away
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the excellency
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of Jacob
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as the excellency
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of Israel
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for the emptiers
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have emptied them out
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and marred
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their vine branches
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{the excellency of Jacob...: or, the pride of Jacob as the pride, etc}

2:3

The shield
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of his mighty men
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is made red
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the valiant
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men
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[are] in scarlet
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the chariots
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[shall be] with flaming
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torches
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in the day
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of his preparation
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and the fir trees
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shall be terribly shaken
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{in scarlet: or, dyed scarlet} {flaming: or, fiery}

2:4

The chariots
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shall rage
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in the streets
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they shall justle one against another
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in the broad ways
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they shall seem
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like torches
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they shall run
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like the lightnings
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{they: Heb. their show}

2:5

He shall recount
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his worthies
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they shall stumble
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in their walk
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they shall make haste
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to the wall
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thereof, and the defence
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shall be prepared
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{worthies: or, gallants} {defence: Heb. covering, or, coverer}

2:6

The gates
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of the rivers
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shall be opened
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and the palace
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shall be dissolved
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{dissolved: or, molten}

2:7

And Huzzab
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shall be led away captive
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she shall be brought up
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and her maids
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shall lead
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[her] as with the voice
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of doves
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tabering
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upon their breasts
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{Huzzab: or, that which was established, or, there was a stand made} {led...: or, discovered}

2:8

But Nineveh
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[is] of old
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like a pool
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of water
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yet they shall flee away
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Stand
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stand
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[shall they cry]; but none shall look back
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{of old: or, from the days that she hath been} {look back: or, cause them to turn}

2:9

Take ye the spoil
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of silver
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take the spoil
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of gold
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for [there is] none end
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of the store
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[and] glory
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out of all the pleasant
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furniture
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{for...: or, and their infinite store, etc} {pleasant...: Heb. vessels of desire}

2:10

She is empty
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and void
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and waste
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and the heart
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melteth
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and the knees
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smite together
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and much pain
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[is] in all loins
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and the faces
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of them all gather
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blackness
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