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TheA burdenrevelation ofabout Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
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JehovahYahweh is a jealous God and avengeth;avenges. JehovahYahweh avengethavenges and is full of wrath;. JehovahYahweh takethtakes vengeance on his adversaries, and he reservethmaintains wrath foragainst his enemies. |
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JehovahYahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clearleave the guilty: Jehovahunpunished. hathYahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
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He rebukethrebukes the sea, and makethmakes it dry, and driethdries up all the rivers:. Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; andlanguish. theThe flower of Lebanon languishethlanguishes. |
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The mountains quake atbefore him, and the hills melt; andaway. theThe earth istrembles upheaved at his presence, yeayes, the world, and all thatwho dwell thereinin it. |
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Who can stand before his indignation? andWho who can abideendure in the fierceness of his anger? hisHis wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunderapart by him. |
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JehovahYahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knowethknows themthose thatwho take refuge in him. |
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But with an overoverflowing running flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. |
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What do yeyou deviseplot against JehovahYahweh? heHe will make a full end;. afflictionAffliction shallwont not rise up the second time. |
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For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly aslike dry stubble. |
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ThereOne ishas one gone forth out of thee,you thatwho devisethdevises evil against JehovahYahweh, thatwho counsellethcounsels wickedness. |
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ThusYahweh saith Jehovahsays: Though they beare in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted theeyou, I will afflict theeyou no more. |
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AndNow nowI will I break his yoke from off theeyou, and will burst thyyour bonds in sunderapart. |
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AndYahweh Jehovahhas hathcommanded given commandment concerning thee,you: thatNo no more ofdescendants thywill namebear beyour sown:name. outOut of the house of thyyour gods, I will I cut off the gravenengraved image and the molten image;. I will make thyyour grave;, for thouyou artare vile. |
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Behold, uponon the mountains the feet of him thatwho bringethbrings good tidingsnews, thatwho publishethpublishes peace! Keep thyyour feasts, O Judah,! performPerform thyyour vows;, for the wicked one shallwill no more pass through thee;you. heHe is utterly cut off. |
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He thatwho dashethdashes in pieces ishas come up against thee:you. keepKeep the fortress,! watchWatch the way,! makeStrengthen thyyour loinswaist! strong,Fortify fortifyyour thy power mightily.! |
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For JehovahYahweh restorethrestores the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel;, for the emptiersdestroyers have emptieddestroyed them out, and destroyedruined their vine branches. |
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The shield of his mighty men is made red,. theThe valiant men are in scarlet:. theThe chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypresspine spears are brandished. |
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The chariots rage in the streets;. theyThey rush toback and froforth in the broadwide ways:. theTheir appearance of them is like torches;. theyThey run like the lightnings. |
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He rememberethsummons his nobles:picked theytroops. They stumble inon their march;way. theyThey makedash haste to theits wall thereof, and the manteletprotective shield is preparedput in place. |
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AndIt it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaidsservants moan as with the voice of doves, beating uponon their breasts. |
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But Nineveh hathhas been from of old like a pool of water:, yet they flee away. Stand,Stop! stand,Stop! they cry;, but noneno lookethone looks back. |
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Take ye the spoilplunder of silver,. takeTake the spoilplunder of gold;, for there is no end of the storetreasure, thean gloryabundance of allevery goodlyprecious furniturething. |
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She is empty, and void, and waste;. andThe the heart meltethmelts, and the knees smiteknock together, andtheir anguishbodies is in all loins, and the faces ofhave themgrown all are waxed pale. |
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Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, with the lions whelpcubs, and noneno one made them afraid? |
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The lion didtore tear in pieces enough for his whelpscubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey,the kill and his dens with ravinprey. |
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Behold, I am against theeyou, saithsays JehovahYahweh of hostsArmies, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shallwill devour thyyour young lions; and I will cut off thyyour prey from the earth, and the voice of thyyour messengers shallwill no morelonger be heard. |
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Woe to the bloody city! itIt is all full of lies and rapine;robbery—no end to the prey departeth not. |
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The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots, |
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the horseman mountingcharging, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies;. theyThey stumble uponon their bodies;— |
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because of the multitude of the whoredomsprostitution of the wellalluring favored harlotprostitute, the mistress of witchcraftswitchcraft, thatwho sellethsells nations through her whoredomsprostitution, and families through her witchcraftswitchcraft. |
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Behold, I am against theeyou, saithsays JehovahYahweh of hostsArmies, and I will uncoverlift thyyour skirts uponover thyyour face;. and I will show the nations thyyour nakedness, and the kingdoms thyyour shame. |
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And I will castthrow abominable filth uponon thee,you and make theeyou vile, and will setmake theeyou as a gazing stockspectacle. |
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AndIt itwill shallhappen come to pass, that all theythose thatwho look uponat theeyou shallwill flee from theeyou, and say, Nineveh is laid waste:! whoWho will bemoanmourn for her? whenceWhere shallwill I seek comforters for theeyou? |
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ArtAre thouyou better than No amonAmon, thatwho was situatesituated among the rivers, thatwho had the waters roundaround about her;, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea? |
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EthiopiaCush and Egypt were her boundless strength,. and it was infinite; Put and LubimLibya were thyher helpers. |
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Yet was she carried away,. sheShe went into captivity;. herHer young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets;, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. |
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ThouYou also shaltwill be drunken;. thouYou shaltwill be hid;hidden. thouYou also shaltwill seek a stronghold because of the enemy. |
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All thyyour fortresses shallwill be like fig trees with the first ripe figs:. ifIf they beare shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater. |
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Behold, thyyour peopletroops inamong theyou midst of thee are women;. theThe gates of thyyour land are set wide open untoto thineyour enemies:. theThe fire hathhas devoured thyyour bars. |
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Draw thee water for the siege;. strengthenStrengthen thyyour fortresses;. goGo into the clay, and tread the mortar;. makeMake strong the brickkilnbrick kiln strong. |
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There shall the fire will devour thee;you. theThe sword shallwill cut theeyou off;. itIt shallwill devour theeyou like the cankergrasshopper. worm:Multiply makelike thyselfgrasshoppers. manyMultiply aslike the canker worm; make thyself many as the locust. |
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ThouYou hasthave multipliedincreased thyyour merchants abovemore than the stars of heaven: the cankerskies. wormThe ravageth,grasshopper strips and fleethflees away. |
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ThyYour princesguards are aslike the locusts, and thyyour marshalsofficials aslike the swarms of grasshopperslocusts, which encampsettle inon the hedgeswalls inon thea cold day, but when the sun arisethappears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. |
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ThyYour shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria;. thyYour nobles arelie atdown. rest;Your thy people are scattered uponon the mountains, and there is noneno one to gather them. |
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There is no assuaginghealing ofyour thywound, hurt;for thyyour woundinjury is grievous:fatal. allAll thatwho hear the report of theeyou clap their hands over thee;you, for uponwho whomhasnt hathfelt notyour thyendless wickedness passed continuallycruelty? |