The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.
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  1:1 ¶
The burden of Nineveh{gr.Nineve}: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite. |
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1:1 ¶
The burden°
of Nineveh.°
The book°
of the vision°
of Nahum°
the Elkoshite.° |
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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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1:2
El°
[is] jealous,°
and Yahweh°
revengeth;°°
Yahweh°
revengeth,°°
and [is] furious;°°
Yahweh°
will take vengeance°°
on his adversaries,°
and he°
reserveth°°
[wrath] for his enemies.°° |
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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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1:3
Yahweh°
[is] slow°
to anger,°
and great°
in power,°
and will not at all°°
acquit°°°
[the wicked]: Yahweh°
hath his way°
in the whirlwind°
and in the storm,°
and the clouds°
[are] the dust°
of his feet.° |
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1:4
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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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.°° |
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1:5
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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1:5
The mountains°
quake°°
at°
him, and the hills°
melt,°°
and the earth°
is burned°°
at his presence,°°
yea, the world,°
and all°
that dwell°°
therein. |
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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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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 thrown down°°
by°
him. |
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1:7
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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1:7
Yahweh°
[is] good,°
a strong hold°
in the day°
of trouble;°
and he knoweth°°
them that trust°°
in him. |
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1:8
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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1:8
But with an overrunning°°
flood°
he will make°°
an utter end°
of the place°
thereof, and darkness°
shall pursue°°
his enemies.°° |
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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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1:9
What°
do ye imagine°°
against°
Yahweh?°
he°
will make°°
an utter end:°
affliction°
shall not°
rise up°°
the second time.° |
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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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1:10
For°
while°
[they be] folden together°°
[as] thorns,°
and while they are drunken°°°
[as] drunkards,°°
they shall be devoured°°
as stubble°
fully°°
dry.° |
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1:11
Out of thee shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile [to him]. |
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1:11
There is [one] come out°°
of°
thee, that imagineth°°
evil°
against°
Yahweh,°
a wicked°
counsellor.°° |
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1:12
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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1:12
Thus°
saith°°
Yahweh;°
Though°
[they be] quiet,°
and likewise°
many,°
yet thus°
shall they be cut down,°°
when he shall pass through.°°
Though I have afflicted°°
thee, I will afflict°°
thee no°
more.° |
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1:13
And now will I break his rod from off thee, and will burst [thy] bonds. |
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1:13
For now°
will I break°°
his yoke°
from off°°
thee, and will burst°°
thy bonds°
in sunder.°°° |
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1:14
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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1:14
And Yahweh°
hath given a commandment°°
concerning°
thee, [that] no°
more°
of thy name°°
be sown:°°
out of the house°°
of thy elohim°
will I cut off°°
the graven image°
and the molten image:°
I will make°°
thy grave;°
for°
thou art vile.°° |
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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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1:15
Behold°
upon°
the mountains°
the feet°
of him that bringeth good tidings,°°
that publisheth°°
peace!°
O Judah,°
keep°°
thy solemn feasts,°
perform°°
thy vows:°
for°
the wicked°
shall no°
more°°°
pass through°°
thee; he is utterly°
cut off.°° |
