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= &nb= sp; = DASV: Nahum 1

¹ An oracle about Nineveh.
The book of the vision of Na= hum from Elkosh.

² The LORD i= s a jealous and avenging God;
&= nbsp; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath.

The LORD takes ven= geance on his adversaries,

&nb= sp; and he reserves his rage for his enemies.

³ The LORD is slow to anger,

&nb= sp; and great in power,

and will by no m= eans acquit the guilty.

The LORD has his w= ay in the whirlwind and storm,

&nb= sp; and the clouds are the dust beneath his feet.

⁴ He rebukes= the sea and makes it dry;

&nb= sp; he dries up all the rivers.

Bashan and C= armel wither;

&nb= sp; even the blossom of Lebanon shrivels.

⁵ The mounta= ins quake before him,

&nb= sp; and the hills rock;

the ea= rth shakes at his presence,

&nb= sp; the world and all who live there.

⁶ Who can st= and before his rage?

&nb= sp; Who can survive his fierce anger?

His wrath is poured out like fire,

&nb= sp; and the rocks are smashed into pieces by him.

⁷ The LORD is good,
&= nbsp; a stronghold in the day of trouble;

&nb= sp; he knows those who take refuge in him.

⁸ But with an overflowing flood
&= nbsp; he will make a total end of his adversaries,

&nb= sp; and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

⁹ What will = you devise against the LORD?

&nb= sp; He will make a total end.

&nb= sp; = Distress will not rise up the second time.

¹⁰ For they a= re entangled like thorns,

&nb= sp; like drunkards inebriated with their drink;

&nb= sp; = they are totally consumed like dry stubble.

¹¹ From you o= ne has gone out,

&nb= sp; one who plots evil against the LORD,

&nb= sp; = one who counsels wickedness.

¹² This is what the LORD says:

&nb= sp; "Though they are at full strength,

&nb= sp; = and likewise many,

= even so they will be cut down,

&nb= sp; and will pass away.

Though I have afflicted you,

&nb= sp; I will afflict you no more.

¹³ Now I will break his yoke from off you,

&nb= sp; and will tear your shackles apart."

¹⁴ The LORD h= as given a command about you;

&nb= sp; "Your name will no longer be perpetuated.

Out of the house o= f your gods I will destroy

&nb= sp; the carved image and the cast images.

I will dig y= our grave,

&nb= sp; for you are vile."

¹⁵ Look, on t= he mountains,

&nb= sp; the feet of him who brings good news,

&nb= sp; &= nbsp; who proclaims peace!

Celebr= ate your feasts, O Judah,

&nb= sp; fulfill your vows.

For the wick= ed will no longer invade you;

he i= s completely cut off.

= &nb= sp; = DASV: Nahum 2

¹ One scatte= ring to pieces is coming against you, Nineveh.

&nb= sp; Guard the fortress.

&nb= sp; &= nbsp; Watch the road.

&nb= sp; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Prepare for battle.

&nb= sp; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Gather your strength.

² For the LO= RD will restore the majesty of Jacob,

&nb= sp; according to the original majesty of Israel;

for plundere= rs have plundered them,

&nb= sp; and destroyed their branches.

³ The shield of his mighty men are red,

&nb= sp; the valiant are clothed in scarlet,

the chariots flash with metal on t= he day they are prepared,

&nb= sp; and their spears are brandished.

⁴ Chariots r= ace through the streets;

&nb= sp; they rush to and fro through the squares.

They appear = like flaming torches,

&nb= sp; they bolt around like lightning.

⁵ He calls f= or his officers.

&nb= sp; They stumble in their charge.

They rush to its w= all,

&nb= sp; and the siege tower is set up.

⁶ The river = gates are opened,

&nb= sp; and the palace melts away.

⁷ It is decr= eed that she will be exiled, carried away;

&nb= sp; her slave girls moan like doves

&nb= sp; = as they beat their breasts.

⁸ But Nineve= h is like a pool of water draining away,

"Stop, stop," they cry,

&nb= sp; = but no one turns back.

⁹ Plunder th= e silver,

&nb= sp; plunder the gold.

There is no end of= the treasure,

&nb= sp; wealth of every kind.

¹⁰ She is was= ted, emptied, and devastated;

&nb= sp; hearts melt and knees shake,

&nb= sp; shaken to the core,

&nb= sp; with all the faces turning pale.

¹¹ Where is t= he den of the lions,

&nb= sp; and the feeding place of the young lions,

where the li= on and the lioness walk,

&nb= sp; even the lion's cub,

and no one m= akes them afraid?

¹² The lion t= ore in pieces enough for his cubs,

&nb= sp; and strangled prey for his lionesses,

and filled h= is caves with prey,

&nb= sp; and his dens with torn flesh.

¹³ "I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts,

"I will= burn her chariots in the smoke,

&nb= sp; and the sword will devour your young lions.

= I will cut off your prey from the earth,

&nb= sp; and the voice of your messengers will be heard no more."=

= &nb= sp; = DASV: Nahum 3

¹ Woe to the bloody city!

&nb= sp; It is all full of lies and plunder;

&nb= sp; = the victims never end.

² The crack = of the whip,

&nb= sp; and the chariot wheels rumble,

&nb= sp; = and horses gallop,

&nb= sp; = &nb= sp; and the chariots lurch forward.

³ The horsem= an charge

&nb= sp; with flashing sword and glittering spear.

Many are dead,

&nb= sp; there are countless corpses.

They stumble= over the bodies.

⁴ because of the multiplicity of her= prostitution

&nb= sp; &= nbsp; a seductive mistress of sorcery,

who sells nation= s by her harlotry,

&nb= sp; &= nbsp; and families through her witchcrafts.

⁵ "Look, I am against you," decla= res the LORD of hosts,

&nb= sp; "I will lift your skirts over your face;

&nb= sp; I will expose your nakedness to the nations,

&nb= sp; and to the kingdoms your shame.

⁶ I will hur= l filth at you,

&nb= sp; and treat you with utter disdain,

&nb= sp; = and make you a public spectacle."

⁷ Then all who look at you will shrink back from you, and say,

&nb= sp; "Nineveh is devastated.

&nb= sp; = Who will grieve for her?

&nb= sp; = Where can I find comforters for you?

⁸ Are you an= y better than Thebes,

&nb= sp; that was situated on the Nile River,

&nb= sp; = the waters surrounded her;

&nb= sp; = her rampart was the sea,

&nb= sp; = and the water was her wall?

⁹ Ethiopia a= nd Egypt were her limitless strength;

&nb= sp; Put and Lubim were her allies.

¹⁰ Yet she we= nt into exile;

&nb= sp; she was taken into captivity.

Her infants = were dashed in pieces at the head of every street;

&nb= sp; they cast lots for her nobility,

&nb= sp; and all her great men were shackled with chains.

¹¹ You also w= ill get drunk;

&nb= sp; you will go into hiding;

&nb= sp; you too will seek refuge from the enemy.

¹² All your fortresses will be like fig trees with first-ripe figs; <= /p>

&nb= sp; if they are shaken, they will fall into the mouth of the eater.

¹³ Look, your= warriors will be like women in the your midst;

&nb= sp; the gates of your land will be wide open to your enemies;

&nb= sp; = the fire will devour your gates.

¹⁴ Draw water= for the siege;

&nb= sp; strengthen your fortresses;

go into the = clay,

&nb= sp; and tread the mortar;

&nb= sp; = take hold of the brick mold.

¹⁵ There will= the fire devour you;

&nb= sp; the sword will cut you down.

It will devour you like the locusts.

&nb= sp; Multiply yourself like the locusts;

&nb= sp; = multiply yourself like the grasshopper.

¹⁶ You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven; =

&nb= sp; like locusts they strip the vegetation and then fly away.

¹⁷ Your court= iers are like locusts,

&nb= sp; and your officials like swarms of locusts,

settling on = the walls on a cold day,

&nb= sp; but when the sun rises they flee away,

&nb= sp; = and no one knows where they have gone.

¹⁸ Your sheph= erds have fallen asleep, O king of Assyria;

&nb= sp; your nobles are lying down;

your p= eople are scattered on the mountains,

&nb= sp; and there is no one to regather them.

¹⁹ Your wound= is incurable,

&nb= sp; your injury is fatal.

All who hear= the report about you

&nb= sp; joyfully clap their hands at your demise.

For who has = not escaped your endless cruelty?