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The book of the vision of Nahum the<br> + Elkoshite.</p> + +<p>34:001:002 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth,<br> + and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his<br> + adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.</p> + +<p>34:001:003 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at<br> + all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind<br> + and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.</p> + +<p>34:001:004 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the<br> + rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of<br> + Lebanon languisheth.</p> + +<p>34:001:005 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth<br> + is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell<br> + therein.</p> + +<p>34:001:006 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the<br> + fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and<br> + the rocks are thrown down by him.</p> + +<p>34:001:007 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he<br> + knoweth them that trust in him.</p> + +<p>34:001:008 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the<br> + place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.</p> + +<p>34:001:009 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter<br> + end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.</p> + +<p>34:001:010 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they<br> + are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble<br> + fully dry.</p> + +<p>34:001:011 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the<br> + LORD, a wicked counsellor.</p> + +<p>34:001:012 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many,<br> + yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through.<br> + Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.</p> + +<p>34:001:013 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst<br> + thy bonds in sunder.</p> + +<p>34:001:014 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no<br> + more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I<br> + cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy<br> + grave; for thou art vile.</p> + +<p>34:001:015 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good<br> + tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn<br> + feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass<br> + through thee; he is utterly cut off.</p> + +<p>34:002:001 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the<br> + munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy<br> + power mightily.</p> + +<p>34:002:002 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the<br> + excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out,<br> + and marred their vine branches.</p> + +<p>34:002:003 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are<br> + in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the<br> + day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly<br> + shaken.</p> + +<p>34:002:004 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one<br> + against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like<br> + torches, they shall run like the lightnings.</p> + +<p>34:002:005 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their<br> + walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the<br> + defence shall be prepared.</p> + +<p>34:002:006 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall<br> + be dissolved.</p> + +<p>34:002:007 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up,<br> + and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves,<br> + tabering upon their breasts.</p> + +<p>34:002:008 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall<br> + flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look<br> + back.</p> + +<p>34:002:009 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there<br> + is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant<br> + furniture.</p> + +<p>34:002:010 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and<br> + the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and<br> + the faces of them all gather blackness.</p> + +<p>34:002:011 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of<br> + the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked,<br> + and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?</p> + +<p>34:002:012 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and<br> + strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey,<br> + and his dens with ravin.</p> + +<p>34:002:013 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will<br> + burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy<br> + young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and<br> + the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.</p> + +<p>34:003:001 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery;<br> + the prey departeth not;</p> + +<p>34:003:002 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the<br> + wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping<br> + chariots.</p> + +<p>34:003:003 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the<br> + glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a<br> + great number of carcases; and there is none end of their<br> + corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:</p> + +<p>34:003:004 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured<br> + harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations<br> + through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.</p> + +<p>34:003:005 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will<br> + discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations<br> + thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.</p> + +<p>34:003:006 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee<br> + vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.</p> + +<p>34:003:007 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee<br> + shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will<br> + bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?</p> + +<p>34:003:008 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the<br> + rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was<br> + the sea, and her wall was from the sea?</p> + +<p>34:003:009 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put<br> + and Lubim were thy helpers.</p> + +<p>34:003:010 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young<br> + children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the<br> + streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all<br> + her great men were bound in chains.</p> + +<p>34:003:011 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt<br> + seek strength because of the enemy.</p> + +<p>34:003:012 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the<br> + firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into<br> + the mouth of the eater.</p> + +<p>34:003:013 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates<br> + of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the<br> + fire shall devour thy bars.</p> + +<p>34:003:014 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go<br> + into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.</p> + +<p>34:003:015 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee<br> + off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself<br> + many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.</p> + +<p>34:003:016 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven:<br> + the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.</p> + +<p>34:003:017 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great<br> + grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but<br> + when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not<br> + known where they are.</p> + +<p>34:003:018 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall<br> + dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains,<br> + and no man gathereth them.</p> + +<p>34:003:019 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all<br> + that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee:<br> + for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?</p> + + +<a href="book33.htm">Previous</a> <a href="contents.htm">Home</a> <a href="book35.htm">Next</a> + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + +</body> +</html> |