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* The burden of Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite . * 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 .(God : or , The LORD is a jealous God , and a revenger , etc )(is furious : Heb . that hath fury ) * 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 . * He rebuketh the sea , and maketh it dry , and drieth up all the rivers : Bashan languisheth , and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon languisheth . * 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 . * 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 .(abide : Heb . stand up ) * The LORD (is ) good , a strong hold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him .(strong hold : or , strength ) * But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof , and darkness shall pursue his enemies . * What do ye imagine against the LORD ? he will make an utter end : affliction shall not rise up the second time . * For while they be folden together as thorns , and while they are drunken as drunkards , they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry . * There is one come out of thee , that imagineth evil against the LORD , a wicked counsellor . * 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 . * For now will I break his yoke from off thee , and will burst # thy bonds in sunder . * 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 . * 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 . * He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face : keep the munition , watch the way , make thy loins strong , fortify thy power mightily m @#od #. * For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob Ya #aqob #, as the excellency of Israel Yisra #el #: for the emptiers have emptied them out , and marred their vine branches . * The shield of his mighty men is made red , the valiant men are in scarlet : the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation , and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken . * The chariots shall rage in the streets , they shall justle one against another in the broad ways : they shall seem like torches , they shall run like the lightnings . * He shall recount his worthies : they shall stumble in their walk ; they shall make haste to the wall thereof , and the defence shall be prepared . * The gates of the rivers shall be opened , and the palace shall be dissolved . * And Huzzab shall be led away captive , she shall be brought up , and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves , tabering upon their breasts . * But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water : yet they shall flee away . Stand , stand , shall they cry ; but none shall look back . * Take ye the spoil of silver , take the spoil of gold : for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture . * She is empty , and void , and waste : and the heart melteth , and the knees smite together , and much pain is in all loins , and the faces of them all gather blackness pa #ruwr #. * Where is the dwelling of the lions , and the feedingplace of the young lions , where the lion , even the old lion , walked , and the lions whelp , and none made them afraid ? * The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps , and strangled for his lionesses , and filled his holes with prey , and his dens with ravin . * Behold , I am against thee , saith the LORD of hosts , and I will burn her chariots in the smoke , and the sword shall devour thy young lions : and I will cut off thy prey from the earth , and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard . * Woe to the bloody city ! it is all full of lies and robbery ; the prey departeth not ; * The noise of a whip , and the noise of the rattling of the wheels , and of the pransing horses , and of the jumping chariots . * The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear : and there is a multitude of slain , and a great number of carcases ; and there is none end of their corpses ; they stumble (8675 ) upon their corpses : * Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured towb # harlot , the mistress of witchcrafts , that selleth nations through her whoredoms , and families through her witchcrafts . * Behold , I am against thee , saith the LORD of hosts ; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face , and I will shew the nations thy nakedness ma #ar #, and the kingdoms thy shame . * And I will cast abominable filth upon thee , and make thee vile , and will set thee as a gazingstock ro #iy #. * And it shall come to pass , that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee , and say , Nineveh is laid waste : who will bemoan her ? whence shall I seek comforters for thee ? * Art thou better than populous # No , that was situate among the rivers y @#or #, that had the waters round about it , whose rampart was the sea , and her wall was from the sea ? * Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength , and it was infinite #H7097 ; Put and Lubim were thy helpers . * Yet was she carried away , she went into captivity : her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets : and they cast lots for her honourable men , and all her great men were bound in chains . * Thou also shalt be drunken : thou shalt be hid , thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy . * All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs : if they be shaken , they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater . * Behold , thy people in the midst of thee are women : the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies : the fire shall devour thy bars . * Draw thee waters for the siege , fortify thy strong holds : go into clay , and tread the morter , make strong the brickkiln . * There shall the fire devour thee ; the sword shall cut thee off , it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm : make thyself many as the cankerworm , make thyself many as the locusts . * Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven : the cankerworm spoileth , and flieth away . * Thy crowned are as the locusts , and thy captains as the great grasshoppers , which camp in the hedges in the cold day , but when the sun ariseth they flee away , and their place is not known where they are . * Thy shepherds slumber , O king of Assyria : thy nobles shall dwell in the dust : thy people is scattered upon the mountains , and no man gathereth them . * There is no healing of thy bruise ; thy wound is grievous : all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee : for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually ?

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