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The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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God◦ is jealous, and Jehovah is an avenger; Jehovah is an avenger, and is a furious master; Jehovah is an avenger to His adversaries, and He◦ bears··a··grudge against▵ His enemies.
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Jehovah is slow◦ to anger, and of great power; and rendering··innocent He will not render··innocent. Jehovah has His way in the storm and in the tempest, and the clouds are the powdery dust of His feet.
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He rebukes the sea, and makes it wasted, and dries··up all the rivers; Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the blossom of Lebanon languishes.
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The mountains quake before Him, and the hills dissolve, and the earth is burned* before Him, and the world and all who dwell in her.
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Before His indignation, who can stand? And who can rise··up in the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured··out as fire, and the rocks are torn··down by Him.
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Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of adversity; and He knows those who have··confidence in Him.
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But in a surpassing overflow He will make a complete end of its place, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.
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What do you think toward▵ Jehovah? He◦ will make a complete end; adversity shall not rise··up two··times◦.
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For while they be entangled by hooks◦, and as those inebriated by inebriating··drink, they shall be eaten··up as stubble fully dry.
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From thee comes··out one who thinks evil against Jehovah, a counselor of Belial.
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Thus says Jehovah: Though they be at··peace, and thus◦ many, even▵ thus◦ shall they be shorn, and he shall pass··through. And though I have afflicted thee, I will not afflict thee any··more.
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And now I will break his brace from upon thee, and will pull··off thy bonds.
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And Jehovah has commanded concerning thee, that no◦ more◦ of thy name be sown; from the house of thy gods I will cut··off the graven image and the molten image; I will set thy grave, for thou art··vile.
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2:1 Behold, on the mountains the feet of Him who brings· good ·tidings, who makes peace to be heard! Celebrate, Judah, thy celebrations; repay thy vows; for Belial shall not again pass··through thee any··more; he is altogether◦ cut··off.
