56 lines
2.1 KiB
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56 lines
2.1 KiB
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# Chapter 1
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1 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
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2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
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the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
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the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
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and keeps wrath for his enemies.
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3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
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and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
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His way is in whirlwind and storm,
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and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
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he dries up all the rivers;
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Bashan and Carmel wither;
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the bloom of Lebanon withers.
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5 The mountains quake before him;
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the hills melt;
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the earth heaves before him,
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the world and all who dwell in it.
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6 Who can stand before his indignation?
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Who can endure the heat of his anger?
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His wrath is poured out like fire,
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and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
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7 The Lord is good,
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a stronghold in the day of trouble;
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he knows those who take refuge in him.
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8 But with an overflowing flood
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he will make a complete end of the adversaries,
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and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
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9 What do you plot against the Lord?
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He will make a complete end;
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trouble will not rise up a second time.
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10 For they are like entangled thorns,
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like drunkards as they drink;
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they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
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11 From you came one
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who plotted evil against the Lord,
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a worthless counselor.
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12 Thus says the Lord,
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“Though they are at full strength and many,
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they will be cut down and pass away.
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Though I have afflicted you,
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I will afflict you no more.
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13 And now I will break his yoke from off you
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and will burst your bonds apart.”
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14 The Lord has given commandment about you:
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“No more shall your name be perpetuated;
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from the house of your gods I will cut off
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the carved image and the metal image.
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I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
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15 Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him
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who brings good news,
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who publishes peace!
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Keep your feasts, O Judah;
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fulfill your vows,
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for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
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he is utterly cut off. |