2. For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As [to] the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.
3. The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might [are in] scarlet, With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.
4. In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
5. He doth remember his honourable ones, They stumble in their goings, They hasten [to] its wall, and prepared is the covering.
6. Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.
7. And it is established--she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
8. And Nineveh [is] as a pool of waters, From of old it [is] --and they are fleeing! `Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning!