| 1:2 |
GodJehovah is a jealous God and the Lord revengethavengeth; theJehovah Lordavengeth revengeth and is furious;full theof Lordwrath; willJehovah taketaketh vengeance on his adversaries and he reserveth wrath for his enemies |
| 1:3 |
TheJehovah Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will notby atno allmeans acquitclear the wickedguilty: theJehovah Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm and the clouds are the dust of his feet |
| 1:4 |
He rebuketh the sea and maketh it dry and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth |
| 1:5 |
The mountains quake at him and the hills melt; and the earth is burnedupheaved at his presence yea the world and all that dwell therein |
| 1:6 |
Who can stand before his indignation and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger his furywrath is poured out like fire and the rocks are thrownbroken downasunder by him |
| 1:7 |
TheJehovah Lord is good a strongstronghold hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trusttake refuge in him |
| 1:8 |
But with an overrunningover running flood he will make ana utterfull end of theher place thereof and darknesswill shall pursue his enemies into darkness |
| 1:9 |
What do ye imaginedevise against theJehovah Lord he will make ana utterfull end:; affliction shall not rise up the second time |
| 1:10 |
For whileentangled theylike bethorns foldenand togetherdrunken as thornswith andtheir whiledrink they are drunkenconsumed utterly as drunkardsdry they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry |
| 1:11 |
There is one comegone forth out of thee that imaginethdeviseth evil against theJehovah Lordthat acounselleth wickedwickedness counsellor |
| 1:12 |
Thus saith theJehovah: Lord; Though they be quietin full strength and likewise many yeteven thusso shall they be cut down whenand he shall pass throughaway Though I have afflicted thee I will afflict thee no more |
| 1:13 |
ForAnd now will I break his yoke from off thee and will burst thy bonds in sunder |
| 1:14 |
And theJehovah 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 |
| 1:15 |
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peace OKeep Judahthy keepfeasts thyO solemnJudah feasts perform thy vows:; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off |
| 2:1 |
He that dasheth in pieces is come up beforeagainst thy facethee: keep the munitionfortress watch the way make thy loins strong fortify thy power mightily |
| 2:2 |
For theJehovah Lordrestoreth hath turned away the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of Israel:; for the emptiers have emptied them out and marreddestroyed their vine branches |
| 2:3 |
The shield of his mighty men is made red the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shallflash be with flamingsteel torches in the day of his preparation and the fircypress treesspears shallare bebrandished terribly shaken |
| 2:4 |
The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shallrush justleto oneand againstfro another in the broad ways: theythe shallappearance seemof them is like torches; they shall run like the lightnings |
| 2:5 |
He shallremembereth recount his worthiesnobles: they shall stumble in their walkmarch; they shall make haste to the wall thereof and the defencemantelet shallis beprepared prepared |
| 2:6 |
The gates of the rivers shallare be opened and the palace shallis bedissolved dissolved |
| 2:7 |
And Huzzabit shallis bedecreed: ledshe awayis captiveuncovered she shallis becarried broughtaway; up and her maidshandmaids shallmoan lead her as with the voice of doves taberingbeating upon their breasts |
| 2:8 |
But Nineveh ishath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away Stand stand shall they cry; but none shalllooketh lookback back |
| 2:9 |
Take ye the spoil of silver take the spoil of gold:; for there is noneno end of the store andthe glory out of all thegoodly pleasantfurniture furniture |
| 2:10 |
She is empty and void and waste:; and the heart melteth and the knees smite together and muchanguish pain is in all loins and the faces of them all gatherare blacknesswaxed pale |
| 2:11 |
Where is the dwellingden of the lions and the feedingplacefeeding place of the young lions where the lion evenand the oldlioness lion walked and the lions whelp and none made them afraid |
| 2:12 |
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps and strangled for his lionesses and filled his holescaves with prey and his dens with ravin |
| 2:13 |
Behold I am against thee saith theJehovah 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 |
| 3:1 |
Woe to the bloody city it is all full of lies and robberyrapine; the prey departeth not; |
| 3:2 |
The noise of athe whip and the noise of the rattling of the wheels and ofprancing the pransing horses and ofbounding thechariots jumping chariots |
| 3:3 |
Thethe horseman liftethmounting upand both the brightflashing sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain and a great numberheap of carcases;corpses and there is noneno end of theirthe corpsesbodies; they stumble upon their corpses:bodies;— |
| 3:4 |
Becausebecause of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavouredwell favored harlot the mistress of witchcrafts that selleth nations through her whoredoms and families through her witchcrafts |
| 3:5 |
Behold I am against thee saith theJehovah Lord of hosts; and I will discoveruncover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will shewshow the nations thy nakedness and the kingdoms thy shame |
| 3:6 |
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee and make thee vile and will set thee as a gazingstockgazing stock |
| 3:8 |
Art thou better than populous No amon that was situate among the rivers that had the waters round about ither; whose rampart was the sea and her wall was fromof the sea |
| 3:10 |
Yet was she carried away she went into captivity:; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the tophead of all the streets:; and they cast lots for her honourablehonorable men and all her great men were bound in chains |
| 3:11 |
Thou also shalt be drunken:; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt seek strengtha stronghold because of the enemy |
| 3:12 |
All thy strongfortresses holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripefirst ripe figs: if they be shaken they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater |
| 3:13 |
Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women:; the gates of thy land shallare be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shallhath devourdevoured thy bars |
| 3:14 |
Draw thee waterswater for the siege; fortifystrengthen thy strongfortresses; holds: go into the clay and tread the mortermortar; make strong the brickkiln |
| 3:15 |
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall eatdevour thee up like the cankerwormcanker worm: make thyself many as the cankerwormcanker worm; make thyself many as the locustslocust |
| 3:16 |
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerwormcanker spoilethworm ravageth and fleeth away |
| 3:17 |
Thy crownedprinces are as the locusts and thy captainsmarshals as the greatswarms of grasshoppers which campencamp in the hedges in the cold day but when the sun ariseth they flee away and their place is not known where they are |
| 3:18 |
Thy shepherds slumber O king of Assyria:; thy nobles shallare dwellat inrest; the dust: thy people isare scattered upon the mountains and nothere manis gatherethnone to gather them |
| 3:19 |
There is no healingassuaging of thy bruisehurt; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruitreport of thee shall clap thetheir hands over thee:; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually |