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o[Jer. 51:20] The scatterer has come up against you.
p[Jer. 51:12] Man the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle;
collect all your strength.
2 Forq[Isa. 37:31] the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
andrSee Ps. 80:8-13; Isa. 5:1-7 ruined their branches.
3 The shield of his mighty men is red;
s[Ezek. 23:14, 15] his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
on the day he musters them;
the cypress spears are brandished.
4 t[ch. 3:2] The chariots race madly through the streets;
they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
they dart like lightning.
5 He remembersuch. 3:18 his officers;
vJer. 46:12 they stumble as they go,
they hasten to the wall;
the siege tower1Or the mantelet is set up.
6 w[Isa. 45:1] The river gates are opened;
the palacex[Isa. 14:31] melts away;
7 its mistress isy[Isa. 22:8] stripped;2Or exiled she is carried off,
her slave girlszIsa. 38:14 lamenting,
moaning like doves
and beating their breasts.
8 bSee ch. 1:1 Nineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away.
“Halt! Halt! ” they cry,
butcJer. 46:5 none turns back.
9 Plunder the silver,
plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.
10 dSee Zeph. 2:13-15 Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
ePs. 22:14; Isa. 13:7 Hearts melt andfDan. 5:6 knees tremble;
gIsa. 21:3 anguish is in all loins;
hJoel 2:6 all faces grow pale!
11 Where is the lions' den,
the feeding place ofiIsa. 5:29; Jer. 2:15 the young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, withjSee Isa. 17:2 none to disturb?
12 k[Ezek. 19:3] The lion tore enough for his cubs
andl[ver. 9; ch. 3:1] strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.
13 mch. 3:5; [Zeph. 2:5]; See Ezek. 13:8 Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, andn[Ps. 46:9] I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, ando[2 Kgs. 19:9, 23] the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.