text: {"response":[{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"1","text":" The watchmen of Nineveh shout: \u201cAn enemy who will scatter you is marching out to attack you!\u201d \u201cGuard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!\u201d","title":"Proclamation of the Destruction of Nineveh"},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"2","text":"For the Lord will restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though their enemies have plundered them and have destroyed their fields."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"3","text":"The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The metal fittings of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears.","title":"Prophetic Vision of the Fall of Nineveh"},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"4","text":"The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"5","text":"The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"6","text":"The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"7","text":"Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"8","text":"Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: \u201cStop! Stop!\u201d &#8211; but no one turns back."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"9","text":"Her conquerors cry out: \u201cPlunder the silver! Plunder the gold!\u201d There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"10","text":"Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, each stomach churns, each face turns pale!"},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"11","text":"Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?","title":"Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion"},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"12","text":"The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh."},{"bookname":"Nahum","chapter":"2","verse":"13","text":"\u201cI am against you!\u201d declares the Lord who commands armies: \u201cI will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.\u201d","title":"Battle Cry of the Divine Warrior"}]}