Nahum

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Verses	47	40	85.11%
Words	1103	131	11.88%

Verses

1:1	The oraclepronouncement of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.:
1:3	The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In whirlwindthe gale and the storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
1:4	He rebukes the sea and makesdries it dryup; He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither;, The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
1:5	Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills dissolvecome apart; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.
1:6	Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath isgushes pouredforth out like fire, And the rocks are broken up by Him.
1:10	Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed AsLike stubble completely withereddried up.
1:11	From you has gone forthout One who plotted evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.
1:12	ThusThis saysis what the Lord, says: “Though they are at full strength and likewiseso they are many, EvenSo so,also they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.
1:13	So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will tear off your shackles to pieces.”
1:14	The Lord has issued a command concerning you: “Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cuteliminate offthe idolcarved image and the cast metal image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.”
1:15	Behold, on the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;, Pay your vows. For never again will the wicked one pass through you; He is cuteliminated off completely.
2:1	The one who scatters has come up against you. ManKeep watch over the fortress, watch the road; StrengthenBind up your backwaist, summon all your strength.
2:2	For the Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob Like the splendor of Israel, Even though devastatorsdestroyers have devastatedlaid waste to them And destroyedruined their vine branchesvines.
2:3	The shields of his mightywarriors men are coloreddyed red, The warriors are dressed in scarlet, The chariots are envelopedfitted inwith flashing steel When he is prepared to march, And the cypressjuniper spears are brandished.
2:4	The chariots racedrive madlywildly in the streets, They rush wildlyaround in the public squares,; Their appearance is like torches, They dashdrive toback and froforth like lightning flashes.
2:5	He remembers his noblesofficers; They stumble in their marchadvance, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up.
2:6	The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace issways dissolvedback and forth.
2:7	It is fixedset: She is stripped, she is carriedled away, And her handmaidsslave women are moaningsobbing like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts.
2:8	Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, NowYet they are fleeing; “Stop, stop,” But no one turns back.
2:9	Plunder the silver!, Plunder the gold! For there is no limitend to the treasure— Wealth from every kind of desirable object.
2:10	She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! Hearts are melting and knees knockingwobbling! Also anguishtrembling is in the wholeentire body, And all their faces arehave grownbecome pale!
2:11	Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled,went With nothing to disturb them?
2:12	The lion tore enough for his cubs, Killed enough prey for his lionesses, And filled his lairs with prey And his dens with torn flesh.
2:13	“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hostsarmies. “I will burn up her chariots in smoke, and a sword will devour your young lions; I will cuteliminate off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”
3:1	Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey neverdoes departsnot leave.
3:2	The noisesound of the whip, The noisesound of the rattlingroar of the wheel, Galloping horses And bounding chariots!
3:3	Horsemen charging, Swords flashing, spears gleaming, Many slainkilled, a mass of corpses, And countlessthere is no end to the dead bodies— They stumble over the dead bodies!
3:4	All because of the many harlotriessexual acts of the harlotprostitute, The charming one, the mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations by her harlotriessexual acts, And families by her sorceries.
3:5	“Behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord of hostsarmies; “And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And show to the nations your nakedness, And to the kingdoms your disgraceshame.
3:6	I will throw filth on you And makedeclare you vileworthless, And set you up as a spectacle.
3:7	And it will come about that all who see you Will shrink from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated! Who will grievehave sympathy for her?’ Where willshall I seek comforters for you?”
3:8	Are you better than No-amon, Which was situated by the waterscanals of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall consisted of the sea?
3:9	Ethiopia was her might, And Egypt too, without limits. Put and Lubim were among her helpers.
3:10	Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were dashedsmashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fettersshackles.
3:14	Draw for yourself water for thea siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold!
3:15	There fire will consume you, The sword will cut you down; It will consume you as the creeping locust doesconsumes a crop. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the swarmingmigratory locust.
3:16	You have increasedmade your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust stripssheds its skin and flies away.
3:17	Your guardsmencourtiers are like the swarmingmigratory locust. Your marshalsofficials are like hordesa swarm of grasshopperslocusts Settling in the stone wallsshelters on a cold day. The sun rises and they flee, And the place where they are is not known.
3:18	Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your noblesofficers are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to regathergather them.
3:19	There is no relief for your breakdowncollapse, Your wound is incurable. All who hear about you Will clap their hands over you, For onupon whom has not your evil passednot come continually?