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Nahum 1

CHAPTER 1 The Concern of Nineveh

1 The concern for Nineveh. The scroll of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 God is jealous, and the lord is punishing; the lord is punishing with rage; the lord is punishing his adversaries, and lifting away himself of his enemies. 3 The lord is lenient, and great is his strength; and [⁴one as innocent ²will not ³acquit ¹the lord]; [²is by ³consummation ⁴and ⁵by ⁶a rumbling ¹his way], and the clouds are the dust of his feet; 4 the one pressing together the sea, and the one drying it, and [²all ³the ⁴rivers ¹making quite desolate]. [⁴are lessened ¹Bashan ²and ³Carmel], and the blossoming of Lebanon failed. 5 The mountains shake from him, and the hills are shaken, and [³rises upwards ¹the ²earth] at his presence; the whole, and all the ones dwelling in it. 6 From in front of his anger who shall stand, and who shall withstand in the anger of his rage? His rage melts away sovereignties, and the rocks are broken because of him. 7 Gracious is the lord to the ones waiting on him in the day of affliction; and he is knowing of the ones venerating him. 8 And by a flood coursing [²a consummation ¹he shall execute] of the ones rousing up; and [³his enemies ²shall pursue ¹darkness]. 9 What do you devise against the lord? [³a consummation ¹He himself ²will make]. He will not punish twice for the same thing with affliction. 10 For the enemy [²unto ³his foundation ¹will be made barren], and as a yew tree being twisted he shall be devoured, even as stubble he shall be dried up fully. 11 From out of you shall come forth a device against the lord, [²wicked things ¹planning] adverse to him. 12 Thus says the lord, who rules many waters, And so they shall be drawn apart, and the report of you shall not be listened to attentively any longer. 13 And now I will break his rod from you, and the bonds I will tear up. 14 And [²shall give charge ³concerning ⁴you ¹the lord], There shall not be sown the report of your name any longer from out of the house of your god; I will utterly destroy the carved images, and the molten images; I will establish your burial, and that quickly. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet announcing good news, and reporting peace. Solemnize, O Judah, your holidays! Render your vows! For in no way should they proceed any longer to go through you, for they should have grown old.