| 1:2 |
GodThe Lord is a jealous, God and the Lord revengethavengeth; the Lord revengeth,avengeth and is furiousfull of wrath; the Lord willtaketh take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. |
| 1:3 |
The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will notby atno allmeans acquitclear the wickedguilty: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
| 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 fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrownbroken downasunder by him. |
| 1:7 |
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that put their trust in him. |
| 1:8 |
But with an overrunning flood he will make ana utterfull end of the place thereof, and darknesswill shall pursue his enemies into darkness. |
| 1:9 |
What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make ana utterfull end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. |
| 1:10 |
For whilethough they be foldenlike togethertangled as thorns, andtold whilebe theydrenched areas drunkenit aswere drunkardsin their drink, they shall be devoured utterly as dry stubble fully dry. |
| 1:11 |
There is one comegone forth out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, athat wickedcounselleth counsellorwickedness. |
| 1:12 |
Thus saith the 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 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. |
| 1:15 |
Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! OKeep Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. |
| 2:2 |
For the Lord hathbringeth turnedagain away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred 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 firspears treesare shallshaken be terribly shaken. |
| 2:4 |
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: theythe shallappearance seemof them is like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. |
| 2:5 |
He shallremembereth recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walkmarch; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defencemantelet shallis be prepared. |
| 2:6 |
The gates of the rivers shallare be opened, and the palace shallis be dissolved. |
| 2:7 |
And Huzzab shallis be led away captiveuncovered, she shallis becarried brought upaway, and her maidshandmaids shallmourn lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering 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 look back. |
| 2:9 |
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store, andthe glory out of all the pleasant 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. |
| 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 of the pransing horses, and of the 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;: and there is none end of theirthe corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: |
| 3:4 |
Becausebecause of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavouredwell favoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. |
| 3:5 |
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. |
| 3:8 |
Art thou better than populousNo Noamon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it,her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was fromof the sea? |
| 3:11 |
Thou also shalt be drunken:, thou shalt be hid,; thou also shalt seek strengtha strong hold because of the enemy. |
| 3:12 |
All thy strongfortresses holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe 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 strong holdsfortresses: 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 cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locustslocust. |
| 3:16 |
Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleethflieth away. |
| 3:17 |
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captainsmarshals as the greatswarms of 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. |
| 3:18 |
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy noblesworthies shallare dwellat in the dustrest: 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 bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee:; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? |