Nahum 1

^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.

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