| 001:001
| The
burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
| 001:002 | God
is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the
LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his
enemies. |
| 001:003 | The
LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked:
the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are
the dust of his feet. |
| 001:004 | He
rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth,
and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. |
| 001:005 | The
mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his
presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. |
| 001:006 | Who
can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his
anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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| 001:007 | The
LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that
trust in him. |
| 001:008 | But
with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and
darkness shall pursue his enemies. |
| 001:009 | What
do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall
not rise up the second time. |
| 001:010 | For
while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards,
they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. |
| 001:011 | There
is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
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| 001:012 | Thus
saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they
be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will
afflict thee no more. |
| 001:013 | For
now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
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| 001:014 | And
the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name
be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the
molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. |
| 001:015 | Behold
upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth
peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall
no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. |
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| 002:001
| 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. | | 002:002 | 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. |
| 002:003 | 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. |
| 002:004 | The
chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in
the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
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| 002:005 | He
shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make
haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. |
| 002:006 | The
gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. |
| 002:007 | 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. |
| 002:008 | 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. |
| 002:009 | Take
ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the
store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. |
| 002:010 | 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.
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| 002:011 | 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? |
| 002:012 | The
lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses,
and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. |
| 002:013 | 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.
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| 003:001
| Woe
to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth
not; | | 003:002 | The
noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing
horses, and of the jumping chariots. |
| 003:003 | The
horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there
is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none
end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: |
| 003:004 | Because
of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress
of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through
her witchcrafts. |
| 003:005 | Behold,
I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts
upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms
thy shame. |
| 003:006 | And
I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee
as a gazingstock. |
| 003:007 | And
it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee,
and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters
for thee? |
| 003:008 | Art
thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the
waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the
sea? |
| 003:009 | Ethiopia
and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
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| 003:010 | Yet
was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were
dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her
honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. |
| 003:011 | Thou
also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because
of the enemy. |
| 003:012 | All
thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be
shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. |
| 003:013 | Behold,
thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set
wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. |
| 003:014 | Draw
thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread
the morter, make strong the brickkiln. |
| 003:015 | There
shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee
up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many
as the locusts. |
| 003:016 | Thou
hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth,
and fleeth away. |
| 003:017 | Thy
crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which
camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away,
and their place is not known where they are. |
| 003:018 | Thy
shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy
people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. |
| 003:019 | There
is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit
of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness
passed continually? |