2:1 (2:2) The watchmen of Nineveh shout: 1
“An enemy who will scatter you 2 is marching out 3 to attack you!” 4
“Guard 5 the rampart! 6
Watch the road!
Prepare yourselves for battle! 7
Muster your mighty strength!” 8
2:2 For the Lord will restore 9 the majesty 10 of Jacob,
as well as 11 the majesty of Israel,
though 12 their enemies have plundered them 13
and have destroyed their fields. 14
2:3 The shields of his warriors are dyed red; 15
the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. 16
The metal fittings 17 of the chariots 18 shine
like 19 fire 20 on the day of battle; 21
the soldiers brandish 22 their spears. 23
2:4 The chariots 24 race madly 25 through the streets,
they rush back and forth 26 in the broad plazas;
they look 27 like lightning bolts, 28
they dash here and there 29 like flashes of lightning. 30