The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.
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The burden of Nineveh{gr.Nineve}: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite. |
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The burdenº
of Nineveh.º
The bookº
of the visionº
of Nahumº
the Elkoshite.º |
 1:2
God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; the Lord avenges with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he cuts off his enemies. |
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Elº
[is] jealous,º
and Yahwehº
revengeth;ºº
Yahwehº
revengeth,ºº
and [is] furious;ºº
Yahwehº
will take vengeanceºº
on his adversaries,º
and heº
reservethºº
[wrath] for his enemies.ºº |
 1:3
The Lord is long-suffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
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Yahwehº
[is] slowº
to anger,º
and greatº
in power,º
and will not at allºº
acquitººº
[the wicked]: Yahwehº
hath his wayº
in the whirlwindº
and in the storm,º
and the cloudsº
[are] the dustº
of his feet.º |
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He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Bashan{gr.Basan}, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing [trees] of Lebanon{gr.Libanus} have come to nought. |
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He rebukethºº
the sea,º
and maketh it dry,ººº
and drieth upººº
allº
the rivers:º
Bashanº
languisheth,ºº
and Carmel,º
and the flowerº
of Lebanonº
languisheth.ºº |
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The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, [even] the world, and all that dwell in it. |
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The mountainsº
quakeºº
atº
him, and the hillsº
melt,ºº
and the earthº
is burnedºº
at his presence,ºº
yea, the world,º
and allº
that dwellºº
therein. |
 1:6
Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nought kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him. |
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Whoº
can standºº
beforeº
his indignation?º
and whoº
can abideºº
in the fiercenessº
of his anger?º
his furyº
is poured outºº
like fire,º
and the rocksº
are thrown downºº
byº
him. |
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The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him. |
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Yahwehº
[is] good,º
a strong holdº
in the dayº
of trouble;º
and he knowethºº
them that trustºº
in him. |
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But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against [him] and his enemies. |
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But with an overrunningºº
floodº
he will makeºº
an utter endº
of the placeº
thereof, and darknessº
shall pursueºº
his enemies.ºº |
 1:9
What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time. |
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Whatº
do ye imagineºº
againstº
Yahweh?º
heº
will makeºº
an utter end:º
afflictionº
shall notº
rise upºº
the second time.º |
 1:10
For [the enemy] shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry. |
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Forº
whileº
[they be] folden togetherºº
[as] thorns,º
and while they are drunkenººº
[as] drunkards,ºº
they shall be devouredºº
as stubbleº
fullyºº
dry.º |
 1:11
Out of thee shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile [to him]. |
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There is [one] come outºº
ofº
thee, that imaginethºº
evilº
againstº
Yahweh,º
a wickedº
counsellor.ºº |
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Thus saith the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of thee shall not be heard any more. |
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Thusº
saithºº
Yahweh;º
Thoughº
[they be] quiet,º
and likewiseº
many,º
yet thusº
shall they be cut down,ºº
when he shall pass through.ºº
Though I have afflictedºº
thee, I will afflictºº
thee noº
more.º |
 1:13
And now will I break his rod from off thee, and will burst [thy] bonds. |
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For nowº
will I breakºº
his yokeº
from offºº
thee, and will burstºº
thy bondsº
in sunder.ººº |
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And the Lord shall give a command concerning thee; there shall no more of thy name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven [images] out of the house of thy god, and the molten [images]: I will make thy grave; for [they are] swift. |
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And Yahwehº
hath given a commandmentºº
concerningº
thee, [that] noº
moreº
of thy nameºº
be sown:ºº
out of the houseºº
of thy elohimº
will I cut offºº
the graven imageº
and the molten image:º
I will makeºº
thy grave;º
forº
thou art vile.ºº |
 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and publishes peace! O Judah{gr.Juda}, keep thy feasts, pay thy vows: for they shall no more pass through thee to [thy] decay. |
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Beholdº
uponº
the mountainsº
the feetº
of him that bringeth good tidings,ºº
that publishethºº
peace!º
O Judah,º
keepºº
thy solemn feasts,º
performºº
thy vows:º
forº
the wickedº
shall noº
moreººº
pass throughºº
thee; he is utterlyº
cut off.ºº |