The burden
of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the
Elkoshite.
02 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the
Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will
take vengeance on his adversaries, and he
reserveth wrath for his enemies.
03 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power,
and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord
hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
04 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and
drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and
Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
05 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.
06 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.
07 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of
trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
08 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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09 What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will
make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up
the second time.
10 For while they be folden together as thorns,
and while they are drunken as drunkards, they
shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth
evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.
12 Thus saith the Lord; 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.
13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee,
and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
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.
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.
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