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[1] The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
[2] God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth: the Lord revengeth: even the Lord of anger, the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
[3] The Lord is slow to anger, but he is great in power, and will not surely clear the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
[4] He rebuketh the sea, and drieth it, and he drieth up all the rivers: Bashan is wasted and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is wasted.
[5] The mountains tremble for him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his sight, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
[6] Who can stand before his wrath? Or who can abide in the fierceness of his wrath? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken by him.
[7] The Lord is good and as a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him.
[8] But passing over as with a flood, he will utterly destroy the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
[9] What do ye imagine against the Lord? He will make an utter destruction: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
[10] For he shall come as unto thorns folden one in another, and as unto drunkards in their drunkenness: they shall be devoured as stubble fully dried.
[11] There cometh one out of thee that imagineth evil against the Lord, even a wicked counselor.
[12] Thus saith the Lord, Though they be quiet, and also many, yet thus shall they be cut off when he shall pass by: though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
[13] For now I will break his yoke from thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
[14] And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven and the molten image: I will make it thy grave for thee, for thou art vile.
[15] Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that declareth, and publisheth peace: O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee: he is utterly cut off.
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