Tune: St Gertrude
(\'Onward, Christian soldiers\')
Nahum 3 v.1-4 {Old Testament prophet}
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Chorus
It Nahum\'s prophecy
Nineveh would be
Destroyed for wickedness
True this we confess
Woe to bloody city!
In you bloodshed be
Full of lies, robbery
And unceasing be
The prey that you capture
You held it for sure
Not turning to mercy
Now your end shall be - Chorus
Hear the sounds of battle
It be dreadful all
Noise of whips, rattling
Bring destruction\'s sting
Rattle of the jostling
Chariots do bring
Doom, horses galloping
Thunderous sounds ring - Chorus
Horsemen charge with swords bright
Spears glitter with light
Multitudes of slain be
Dead are cast out, see
There are corpses countless
Anguish and distress
Because of spiritual
Seductions they fall - Chorus
And too unfaithfulness
Land laid waste, no less
In Jonah\'s time before*
They repented sure
But turned back to violence
Idols, arrogance
Assyria\'s capital
Perished [is the] revival - Chorus
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* Jonah (c.760BC) was about 150 years before Nahum (c.612BC).
They both preached to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.