| 1:1 |
TheAn burdenoracle ofconcerning NinevehNin′eveh The book of the vision of Nahum theof ElkoshiteElkosh |
| 1:2 |
JehovahThe Lord is a jealous God and avengeth;avenging Jehovahthe avengethLord and is fullavenging ofand wrathwrathful; Jehovahthe takethLord takes vengeance on his adversaries and hekeeps reserveth wrath for his enemies |
| 1:3 |
JehovahThe Lord is slow to anger and of great inmight power and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty: JehovahHis hathway hisis way in the whirlwind and in the storm and the clouds are the dust of his feet |
| 1:4 |
He rebukethrebukes the sea and makethmakes it dry andhe driethdries up all the rivers:; Bashan languisheth and Carmel; andwither the flowerbloom of Lebanon languisheth fades |
| 1:5 |
The mountains quake atbefore him and the hills melt; and the earth is upheavedlaid atwaste hisbefore presencehim yea the world and all that dwell therein |
| 1:6 |
Who can stand before his indignation andWho who can abideendure in the fiercenessheat of his anger hisHis wrath is poured out like fire and the rocks are broken asunder by him |
| 1:7 |
JehovahThe Lord is good a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knowethknows themthose thatwho take refuge in him |
| 1:8 |
But with an overoverflowing running flood he will make a full end of herhis placeadversaries and will pursue his enemies into darkness |
| 1:9 |
What do yeyou deviseplot against Jehovahthe heLord He will make a full end; afflictionhe shallwill not risetake upvengeance thetwice secondon timehis foes |
| 1:10 |
ForLike entangled like thorns and drunken as with their drink they are consumed utterlylike as dry stubble |
| 1:11 |
ThereDid is one gonenot forthcome out offrom theeyou thatwho devisethplotted evil against Jehovahthe thatLord counsellethand wickednesscounseled villainy |
| 1:12 |
Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord Though they be instrong full strength and likewise many eventhey sowill shall they be cut downoff and he shall pass away Though I have afflicted theeyou I will afflict theeyou no more |
| 1:13 |
And now I will I break his yoke from off theeyou and will burst thyyour bonds in sunderasunder |
| 1:14 |
AndThe JehovahLord hathhas given commandment concerningabout theeyou: thatNo no more ofshall thyyour name be sown:perpetuated; outfrom of the house of thyyour gods I will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thyyour grave; for thouyou artare vile |
| 1:15 |
Behold uponon the mountains the feet of him thatwho bringethbrings good tidings thatwho publishethproclaims peace Keep thyyour feasts O Judah performfulfil thyyour vows; for thenever wickedagain one shall nothe morewicked passcome throughagainst thee;you he is utterly cut off |
| 2:1 |
HeThe thatshatterer dashethhas in pieces is come up against thee:you keepMan the fortressramparts; watch the wayroad; makegird thyyour loins; strongcollect fortifyall thyyour power mightily strength |
| 2:2 |
For Jehovahthe restorethLord is restoring the excellencymajesty of Jacob as the excellencymajesty of Israel; for theplunderers emptiers have emptiedstripped them out and destroyedruined their vine branches |
| 2:3 |
The shield of his mighty men is made red thehis valiantsoldiers men are clothed in scarlet: theThe chariots flash withlike steelflame inwhen themustered dayin ofarray; his preparation and the cypresschargers spears are brandished prance |
| 2:4 |
The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro inthrough the broadsquares; ways:they thegleam appearance of them is like torches; they rundart like the lightnings lightning |
| 2:5 |
HeThe rememberethofficers hisare nobles:summoned they stumble inas theirthey march;go they makehasten haste to the wall thereof and the mantelet is preparedset up |
| 2:6 |
The river gates of the rivers are opened and the palace is dissolvedin dismay; |
| 2:7 |
Andits itmistress is decreed:stripped she is uncovered she is carried away;off and her handmaidsmaidens moanlamenting asmoaning withlike thedoves voiceand of doves beating upon their breasts |
| 2:8 |
ButNin′eveh Ninevehis hath been from of old like a pool ofwhose water:waters yetrun they flee away StandHalt standHalt they cry; but none lookethturns back |
| 2:9 |
TakePlunder ye the spoil of silver takeplunder the spoil of gold; forThere there is no end of thetreasure storeor thewealth glory of allevery goodlyprecious furniture thing |
| 2:10 |
SheDesolate isDesolation empty and voidruin andHearts waste;faint and the heart melteth and the knees smitetremble together and anguish is inon all loins andall the faces ofgrow them all are waxed pale |
| 2:11 |
Where is the den of the lions andden the feedingcave place of the young lions where the lion andbrought thehis lionessprey walkedwhere thehis lionscubs whelpwere andwith none madeto them afraid disturb |
| 2:12 |
The lion didtore tear in pieces enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; andhe filled his caves with prey and his dens with ravintorn flesh |
| 2:13 |
Behold I am against theeyou saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts and I will burn heryour chariots in the smoke and the sword shall devour thyyour young lions; and I will cut off thyyour prey from the earth and the voice of thyyour messengers shall no more be heard |
| 3:1 |
Woe to the bloody city it is all full of lies and rapine;booty— theno preyend departethto notthe plunder |
| 3:2 |
The noisecrack of the whip and therumble noise of thewheel rattlinggalloping ofhorse wheels and prancing horses and bounding chariots chariot |
| 3:3 |
theHorsemen horsemancharging mounting and the flashing sword and the glittering spear andhosts a multitude of slain andheaps a great heap of corpses anddead therebodies iswithout no end— of the bodies; they stumble uponover theirthe bodies;— |
| 3:4 |
becauseAnd ofall for the multitudecountless ofharlotries the whoredoms of the well favored harlot thegraceful mistressand of witchcraftsdeadly thatcharms sellethwho betrays nations throughwith her whoredomsharlotries and familiespeoples throughwith her witchcrafts charms |
| 3:5 |
Behold I am against theeyou saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts and I will uncoverlift thyup your skirts uponover thyyour face; and I will showlet the nations thylook on your nakedness and the kingdoms thyon your shame |
| 3:6 |
And I will castthrow abominable filth uponat theeyou and maketreat theeyou vilewith contempt and willmake setyou thee as a gazing stock gazingstock |
| 3:7 |
And it shall come to pass that all theywho that look uponon theeyou shallwill fleeshrink from theeyou and say NinevehWasted is laidNin′eveh; waste: who will bemoan her whence shall I seek comforters for theeher |
| 3:8 |
ArtAre thouyou better than NoThebes amon that wassat situateby among the riversNile thatwith hadwater thearound watersher round about her; whose rampart wasa the sea and water her wall was of the sea |
| 3:9 |
Ethiopia andwas Egypt were her strength Egypt too and itthat waswithout infinitelimit; Put and Lubimthe Libyans were thyher helpers |
| 3:10 |
Yet she was she carried away she went into captivity; her younglittle childrenones also were dashed in pieces at the head of allevery the streetsstreet; andfor theyher casthonored men lots forwere hercast honorable men and all her great men were bound in chains |
| 3:11 |
ThouYou also shaltwill be drunken; thouyou shaltwill be hiddazed; thouyou alsowill shalt seek a strongholdrefuge becausefrom of the enemy |
| 3:12 |
All thyyour fortresses shallare be like fig trees with the first ripe figs:— if they be shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater |
| 3:13 |
Behold thyyour peopletroops are women in theyour midst ofThe thee are women; the gates of thyyour land are set wide open untoto thineyour enemies:foes; the fire hathhas devoured thyyour bars |
| 3:14 |
Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thyyour fortressesforts; go into the clay and tread the mortar; maketake stronghold of the brickkilnbrick mold |
| 3:15 |
There shallwill the fire devour thee;you the sword shallwill cut theeyou off; itIt shallwill devour theeyou like the cankerlocust worm:Multiply makeyourselves thyselflike many as the cankerlocust worm;multiply makelike thyself many as the locust grasshopper |
| 3:16 |
ThouYou hastincreased multipliedyour thy merchants abovemore than the stars of heaven: the cankerheavens wormThe ravagethlocust spreads its wings and fleethflies away |
| 3:17 |
ThyYour princes are aslike thegrasshoppers locustsyour andscribes thylike marshalsclouds as the swarms of grasshopperslocusts whichsettling encampon in the hedgesfences in thea cold day butof cold— when the sun arisethrises they fleefly away; andno theirone placeknows is not known where they are |
| 3:18 |
ThyYour shepherds slumberare asleep O king of Assyria; thyyour nobles areslumber atYour rest; thy people are scattered uponon the mountains andwith there is none to gather them |
| 3:19 |
There is no assuaging ofyour thy hurt; thyyour wound is grievous: allAll thatwho hear the reportnews of theeyou clap their hands over thee;you forFor upon whom hathhas not thycome wickednessyour passedunceasing continuallyevil |