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| 1:1 | Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
| 1:2 | A God zealous and avenging `is' Jehovah, An avenger `is' Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger `is' Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies. |
| 1:3 | Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest `is' His way, And a cloud `is' the dust of His feet. |
| 1:4 | He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing `are' Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon `is' languishing. |
| 1:5 | Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up `is' the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it. |
| 1:6 | Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him. |
| 1:7 | Good `is' Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him. |
| 1:8 | And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue. |
| 1:9 | What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress. |
| 1:10 | For while princes `are' perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried. |
| 1:11 | From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah -- a worthless counsellor. |
| 1:12 | Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more. |
| 1:13 | And now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away. |
| 1:14 | And commanded concerning thee hath Jehovah, `No more of thy name doth spread abroad, From the house of thy gods I cut off graven and molten image, I appoint thy grave, for thou hast been vile. |
| 1:15 | Lo, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, complete thy vows, For add no more to pass over into thee doth the worthless, He hath been completely cut off! |
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| 1:1 | This is the heuy burthen of Niniue, which Naum of Elchos dyd wryte, as he sawe it. |
| 1:2 | The LORDE is a gelous God, and a taker of vengeaunce: yee a taker of vegeaunce is ye LORDE, and wrothfull. The LORDE taketh vengeaunce of his enemies, and reserueth displeasure for his aduersaries. |
| 1:3 | The LORDE suffreth longe, he is of greate power, & so innocent, that he leaueth no man fautlesse before him. The LORDE goeth forth in tempest and stormy wether, the cloudes are the dust of his fete. |
| 1:4 | Whe he reproueth the see, he dryeth it vp, & turneth all the floudes to drye londe. Basan is desolate, Charmel and the pleasure of Libanus waisteth awaye. |
| 1:5 | The mountaynes tremble for him, the hilles consume. At the sight of him, the earth quaketh: yee the whole worlde, and all that dwell therin. |
| 1:6 | Who maye endure before his wrath? Or who is able to abyde his grymme displeasure? His anger taketh on like fyre, and the harde rockes burst in sunder before him. |
| 1:7 | Ful gracious is the LORDE, and a stronge holde in tyme of trouble, he knoweth the that put their trust in him: |
| 1:8 | when the floude renneth ouer, and destroyeth the place, and when the darcknesse foloweth still vpon his enemies. |
| 1:9 | What do ye ymagin then agaynst the LORDE on this maner? (Tush, when he hath once made an ende, there shal come nomore trouble.) |
| 1:10 | For like as the thornes that sticke together, and as the drye strawe, so shal the dronckardes be consumed together, euen when they be full. |
| 1:11 | There come out of ye soch as ymagin myschefe, and geue vngracious councell agaynst the LORDE. |
| 1:12 | Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Let the be as wel prepared, yee and as many as they can, yet shal they be hewen downe, and passe awaye. And as for the, I wil vexe the, but not vtterly destroie the. |
| 1:13 | And now wil I breake his rodde from thy backe, and burst thy bondes in sonder. |
| 1:14 | But the LORDE hath geuen a commaundement cocernynge the, that there shall come nomore sede of thy name. The carued and casten ymages will I rote out of the house of thy god. Thy graue shal I prepare for the, and thou shalt be confounded. |
| 1:15 | Beholde, vpon the mountaynes come the fete of him, that bryngeth good tydinges, & preacheth peace. O Iuda, kepe thy holy dayes, perfourme thy promyses: for Belial shal come no more in the, he is vtterly roted out. |
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