OT-PROPHET-MINOR.filter - rsv nah:

rsv@Jonah:1:1 @ Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amit'tai, saying,

rsv@Jonah:1:2 @ "Arise, go to Nin'eveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me."

rsv@Jonah:1:3 @ But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

rsv@Jonah:1:4 @ But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

rsv@Jonah:1:5 @ Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried to his god; and they threw the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down, and was fast asleep.

rsv@Jonah:1:6 @ So the captain came and said to him, "What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call upon your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we do not perish."

rsv@Jonah:1:7 @ And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

rsv@Jonah:1:8 @ Then they said to him, "Tell us, on whose account this evil has come upon us? What is your occupation? And whence do you come? What is your country? And of what people are you?"

rsv@Jonah:1:9 @ And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

rsv@Jonah:1:10 @ Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is this that you have done!" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

rsv@Jonah:1:11 @ Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?" For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

rsv@Jonah:1:12 @ He said to them, "Take me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you."

rsv@Jonah:1:13 @ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship back to land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

rsv@Jonah:1:14 @ Therefore they cried to the LORD, "We beseech thee, O LORD, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood; for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee."

rsv@Jonah:1:15 @ So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

rsv@Jonah:1:16 @ Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.

rsv@Jonah:1:17 @ And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

rsv@Jonah:2:1 @ Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,

rsv@Jonah:2:2 @ saying, "I called to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.

rsv@Jonah:2:3 @ For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

rsv@Jonah:2:4 @ Then I said, `I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?'

rsv@Jonah:2:5 @ The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head

rsv@Jonah:2:6 @ at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O LORD my God.

rsv@Jonah:2:7 @ When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple.

rsv@Jonah:2:8 @ Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

rsv@Jonah:2:9 @ But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!"

rsv@Jonah:2:10 @ And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

rsv@Jonah:3:1 @ Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,

rsv@Jonah:3:2 @ "Arise, go to Nin'eveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."

rsv@Jonah:3:3 @ So Jonah arose and went to Nin'eveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nin'eveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.

rsv@Jonah:3:4 @ Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he cried, "Yet forty days, and Nin'eveh shall be overthrown!"

rsv@Jonah:3:5 @ And the people of Nin'eveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

rsv@Jonah:3:6 @ Then tidings reached the king of Nin'eveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

rsv@Jonah:3:7 @ And he made proclamation and published through Nin'eveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water,

rsv@Jonah:3:8 @ but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands.

rsv@Jonah:3:9 @ Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?"

rsv@Jonah:3:10 @ When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.

rsv@Jonah:4:1 @ But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

rsv@Jonah:4:2 @ And he prayed to the LORD and said, "I pray thee, LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.

rsv@Jonah:4:3 @ Therefore now, O LORD, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live."

rsv@Jonah:4:4 @ And the LORD said, "Do you do well to be angry?"

rsv@Jonah:4:5 @ Then Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.

rsv@Jonah:4:6 @ And the LORD God appointed a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.

rsv@Jonah:4:7 @ But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.

rsv@Jonah:4:8 @ When the sun rose, God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he was faint; and he asked that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

rsv@Jonah:4:9 @ But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."

rsv@Jonah:4:10 @ And the LORD said, "You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night, and perished in a night.

rsv@Jonah:4:11 @ And should not I pity Nin'eveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?"

rsv@Nahum:1:1 @ An oracle concerning Nin'eveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

rsv@Nahum:1:2 @ The LORD is a jealous God and avenging, the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.

rsv@Nahum:1:3 @ The LORD is slow to anger and of great might, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

rsv@Nahum:1:4 @ He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, the bloom of Lebanon fades.

rsv@Nahum:1:5 @ The mountains quake before him, the hills melt; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all that dwell therein.

rsv@Nahum:1:6 @ Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

rsv@Nahum:1:7 @ The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

rsv@Nahum:1:8 @ But with an overflowing flood he will make a full end of his adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

rsv@Nahum:1:9 @ What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end; he will not take vengeance twice on his foes.

rsv@Nahum:1:10 @ Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.

rsv@Nahum:1:11 @ Did one not come out from you, who plotted evil against the LORD, and counseled villainy?

rsv@Nahum:1:12 @ Thus says the LORD, "Though they be strong and many, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

rsv@Nahum:1:13 @ And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds asunder."

rsv@Nahum:1:14 @ The LORD has given commandment about you: "No more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut off the graven image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."

rsv@Nahum:1:15 @ Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.

rsv@Nahum:2:1 @ The shatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; gird your loins; collect all your strength.

rsv@Nahum:2:2 @ (For the LORD is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have stripped them and ruined their branches.)

rsv@Nahum:2:3 @ The shield of his mighty men is red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots flash like flame when mustered in array; the chargers prance.

rsv@Nahum:2:4 @ The chariots rage in the streets, they rush to and fro through the squares; they gleam like torches, they dart like lightning.

rsv@Nahum:2:5 @ The officers are summoned, they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall, the mantelet is set up.

rsv@Nahum:2:6 @ The river gates are opened, the palace is in dismay;

rsv@Nahum:2:7 @ its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.

rsv@Nahum:2:8 @ Nin'eveh is like a pool whose waters run away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry; but none turns back.

rsv@Nahum:2:9 @ Plunder the silver, plunder the gold! There is no end of treasure, or wealth of every precious thing.

rsv@Nahum:2:10 @ Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!

rsv@Nahum:2:11 @ Where is the lions' den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?

rsv@Nahum:2:12 @ The lion tore enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

rsv@Nahum:2:13 @ Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.

rsv@Nahum:3:1 @ Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and booty--no end to the plunder!

rsv@Nahum:3:2 @ The crack of whip, and rumble of wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!

rsv@Nahum:3:3 @ Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end--they stumble over the bodies!

rsv@Nahum:3:4 @ And all for the countless harlotries of the harlot, graceful and of deadly charms, who betrays nations with her harlotries, and peoples with her charms.

rsv@Nahum:3:5 @ Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and will lift up your skirts over your face; and I will let nations look on your nakedness and kingdoms on your shame.

rsv@Nahum:3:6 @ I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt, and make you a gazingstock.

rsv@Nahum:3:7 @ And all who look on you will shrink from you and say, Wasted is Nin'eveh; who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for her?

rsv@Nahum:3:8 @ Are you better than Thebes that sat by the Nile, with water around her, her rampart a sea, and water her wall?

rsv@Nahum:3:9 @ Ethiopia was her strength, Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.

rsv@Nahum:3:10 @ Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity; her little ones were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.

rsv@Nahum:3:11 @ You also will be drunken, you will be dazed; you will seek a refuge from the enemy.

rsv@Nahum:3:12 @ All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs--if shaken they fall into the mouth of the eater.

rsv@Nahum:3:13 @ Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your foes; fire has devoured your bars.

rsv@Nahum:3:14 @ Draw water for the siege, strengthen your forts; go into the clay, tread the mortar, take hold of the brick mold!

rsv@Nahum:3:15 @ There will the fire devour you, the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust, multiply like the grasshopper!

rsv@Nahum:3:16 @ You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.

rsv@Nahum:3:17 @ Your princes are like grasshoppers, your scribes like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in a day of cold--when the sun rises, they fly away; no one knows where they are.

rsv@Nahum:3:18 @ Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.

rsv@Nahum:3:19 @ There is no assuaging your hurt, your wound is grievous. All who hear the news of you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?