2:1 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. 
2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make {thy} loins strong, fortify {thy} power mightily. 

2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellence of Jacob, as the excellence of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. 
2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. 

2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men {are} in scarlet: the chariots {shall be} with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir-trees shall be terribly shaken. 
2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men {are} in scarlet: the chariots {shall be} with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. 

2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. 
2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. 

2:5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared. 
2:5 He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to her wall, and the defence shall be prepared. 

2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. 
2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. 

2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead {her} as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. 
2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead {her} as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts. 

2:8 But Nineveh {is} of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, {shall they cry}; but none shall look back. 
2:8 But Nineveh {is} of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, {shall they cry}; but none shall look back. 

2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for {there is} no end of the store {and} glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 
2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for {there is} no end of the store {and} glory out of all the pleasant furniture. 

2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain {is} in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. 
2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain {is} in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. 

2:11 Where {is} the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, {even} the old lion, walked, {and} the lion's whelp, and none made {them} afraid? 
2:11 Where {is} the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, {even} the old lion, walked, {and} the lion's whelp, and none made {them} afraid? 

2:12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. 
2:12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with torn flesh. 

2:13 Behold, I {am} against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. 
2:13 Behold, I {am} against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.