Nahum 1–2

^aThe burden of ^bNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the

^cElkoshite.

^2dGod is jealous, and ^ethe Lord revengeth;

The Lord revengeth, and is furious;

The Lord will take vengeance ^fon his adversaries,

And ^ghe reserveth wrath for his enemies.

³The Lord is ^hslow to anger, and ⁱgreat in power,

And ^kwill not at all acquit the wicked:

^lThe Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in ^mthe storm,

And the clouds are the dust of his feet.

⁴ⁿHe rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry,

And drieth up all the rivers:

^opBashan ^qlanguisheth, and ^opCarmel,

And the flower of ^oLebanon ^qlanguisheth.

^5rThe mountains quake at him, and ^sthe hills melt,

And the earth ^tis burnt at his presence,

Yea, ^uthe world, and all that dwell therein.

^6vwWho can stand before his indignation?

And who can abide in ^xthe fierceness of his anger?

His fury ^yis poured out ^wlike fire,

And ^zthe rocks are thrown down by him.

^7aThe Lord is good, ^ba strong hold in the day of trouble;

And ^che knoweth ^dthem that trust in him.

⁸But with ^ean overrunning flood he will ^fmake an utter end of ^gthe place thereof,

And darkness shall pursue his enemies.

⁹What ^hdo ye imagine against the Lord?

^fHe will make an utter end:

Affliction shall not rise up ⁱthe second time.

¹⁰For while they be ^kfolden together ^las thorns,

And ^mwhile they be drunken as drunkards,

ⁿThey shall be devoured as stubble ⁿⁿfully dry.

¹¹There is one come out of thee, ^hothat imagineth evil against the Lord,

^oA wicked counseller.

¹²Thus saith the Lord;

Though they be ^pquiet, and likewise many,

Yet thus ^qshall they be cut down, when he shall ^rpass through.

^sThough I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

¹³For now ^twill I break his yoke from off thee,

And ^twill burst thy bonds in sunder.

¹⁴And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee,

That ^uno more of thy name be sown:

^vOut of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image:

I ^vwill make thy grave; for ^wthou art vile.

¹⁵Behold ^xupon the mountains ^ythe feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace.

O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, ^zperform thy vows:

For ^othe wicked shall no more ^rapass through thee;

^vHe is utterly cut off.

II.He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face:

^cKeep the munition, ^dwatch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

^2ddFor the Lord hath turned away ^ethe excellency of Jacob,

As the excellency of Israel:

For ^gthe emptiers have emptied them out,

And ^hmarred their vine branches.

³The shield of his mighty men is ⁱmade red,

The valiant men are ^kin scarlet:

The chariots shall be with flaming ^ltorches in the day of his preparation,

And the fir trees shall be ^mterribly shaken.

⁴ⁿThe chariots shall ⁿⁿrage in the streets,

They shall ^ojustle one against another in the broad ways:

They shall seem like torches,

They shall ^orun like the lightnings.

⁵He shall recount his worthies:

^pThey shall stumble in their walk;

They shall make haste to the wall thereof,

And the defence shall be prepared.

^6rThe gates of the rivers shall be opened,

And the palace shall be ^sdissolved.

⁷And ^uHuzzab shall be ^vled away captive, she shall be brought up,

And her maids shall lead her as with the voice of ^wdoves,

^xTabring upon their breasts.

⁸But ^yNineveh is of old like ^za pool of water:

Yet ^athey shall flee away.

Stand, stand, ^bshall they cry; but none shall ^clook back.

⁹Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold:

For there is none end of ^dthe store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

^10eShe is empty, and void, and ^fwaste:

And ^gthe heart melteth, and ^hthe knees smite together,

And ^himuch pain is in all loins,

And ^kthe faces of them all gather blackness.

¹¹Where is the dwelling of ^lthe lions,

And the feeding place of the ^lmyoung lions,

Where ^lnthe lion, even ^lmnthe old lion, walked,

And ^lnthe lion’s whelp, and ^onone made them afraid?

^12lpThe lion did tear in pieces enough ^qfor his whelps,

And strangled for his ^rlionesses,

And ^pfilled his holes ^swith prey,

And his dens with ravin.

^13tBehold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts,

And ^uI will burn her chariots in the smoke,

And the sword shall devour ^lthy young lions:

And I will cut off ^sthy prey from the earth,

And the voice of ^vthy messengers shall no more be heard.

III.