| 1. The harsh prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
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| 2. The Lord is a jealous and vengeful God and is full of wrath; the Lord avenges Himself upon His adversaries, and He bears a grudge against His enemies. |
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| 3. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, but He will surely not acquit; the Lord-His way is with a tempest and with a storm? and cloud is the dust of His feet. |
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| 4. He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and He has dried up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel are cut off, and the blossoms of the Lebanon are cut off. |
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| 5. Mountains quaked because of him and the hills melted, and the land raised up from before Him-and the inhabited earth and all who dwell thereon. |
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| 6. Who can stand before His fury and who can rise amidst His wrath? His wrath has reached [the earth] like fire, and the rocks have been broken up by Him. |
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| 7. The Lord is good-yea, a stronghold on a day of trouble- and is cognizant of those who trust in Him. |
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| 8. But, with an overrunning flood He shall make a full end of its place, and darkness shall pursue His enemies. |
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| 9. What do you think of the Lord? He will make a full end; the trouble will not rise twice. |
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| 10. For, while the thorns are entangled and the drunkards are drinking, they are consumed like dry stubble, fully ripe. |
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| 11. From you has emanated one who plots evil against the Lord, one who counsels wickedness. |
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| 12. So said the Lord: Though they be at peace-and likewise many-and likewise they have crossed and passed over, I will no longer afflict you. |
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| 13. And now I will break off his yoke from you, and I will rend your bonds asunder. |
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| 14. And the Lord shall command concerning you; No more [offspring] of your name shall be sown; from the house of your god I will cut off a graven image and a molten image; I will make your grave, for you have become worthless. |
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