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title: "Commentary on Jonah, Micah and Nahum"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
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section: 75 of 76
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Jonah, Micah and Nahum, section 75. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-jonah-micah-and-nahum/75/"
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# Commentary on Jonah, Micah and Nahum

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Jonah, Micah and Nahum.

## 75. Chapter 2

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-jonah-micah-and-nahum/75/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-jonah-micah-and-nahum/75/#p-N

[¶0] 1 Come up is the destroyer before thy face; Watch the fortress, guard the way, (455) Make strong the loins, fortify mightily thy strength:

[¶1] 2 (For taken away hath Jehovah the pride of Jacob, As he had done as to the pride of Israel; As he had done as to the pride of Israel; For emptied them the emptiers, And their branches have they cut down:)

[¶2] 3 The shield of his mighty ones are made red, The men of his strength are clad in scarlet; With the fire of torches is the chariot, In the day of his expedition; And the fir-trees tremulously shake:

[¶3] 4 In the wide places they madden with their chariots, The hurry away through the streets, The appearance of them is that of lamps, As lightnings they run here and there.

[¶4] 5 He will remember his valiant men, They shall stumble in their march, They shall hasten to her wall, And prepared will be the defense.

[¶5] 6 The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved;

[¶6] 7 And she which stood firm is cast into exile, And her maids lead her as with the voice of doves, Beating on their breasts. (463)

[¶7] 8 And yet Nineveh had been As a pool of waters from ancient days; But now they flee — “Stand ye, stand;” And no one regards.

[¶8] 9 Take ye away the silver, take away the gold; For there is no end of her preparations; Her glory is from every desirable vessel. (468)

[¶9] 10 Emptied and emptied is she, and denuded; And the heart is melted; And there is a knocking of the knees, And trembling in all loins, And the faces of all withdraw their brightness. (472)

[¶10] 11 Where is the abode of lions? Where came the lion, the lioness, the cub of the lion; And none terrified them. (474)

[¶11] 12 The lion tare what sufficed his whelps, And strangled for his lionesses, And filled with raving his caves, And his dens with prey.

[¶12] 13 Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, And I will burn with smoke her chariot, And thy young lions shall the sword devour, And I will cut off from the land thy prey, And the sound of thy teeth shall no more be heard.