1 The one who will scatter you is coming to attack you.
2 The Lord will restore Jacob’s glory like Israel’s glory,
3 The shields of his warriors are painted red.
4 Chariots are racing madly through the streets,
5 He remembers his best fighting men.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melts away.
7 The Lord has determined:
8 Nineveh was like a pool of water from its first day on.
9 Steal the silver! Steal the gold!
10 Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, demolished.
11 Where is the lions’ den,
12 The lion tore its prey to pieces to feed its cubs.
13 “I am against you, Nineveh,” declares the Lord of Armies.