| 1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the
Elkoshite. 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and
is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he
reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and
great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath
his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his
feet. 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. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the
earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell
therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the
fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are
broken asunder by him. 7 Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of
trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him. 8 But with an
over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his
enemies into darkness. 9 What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a
full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For entangled
like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as
dry stubble. 11 There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil
against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness. 12 Thus saith Jehovah:
Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut
down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict
thee no more. 13 And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will
burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And Jehovah hath given 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. 15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him
that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah,
perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is
utterly cut off.
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