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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 avenges; the Lord avenges with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, and He cuts off His enemies.
3 The Lord is longsuffering, and His power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: His way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4 He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Bashan and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing [trees] of Lebanon have come to nought.
5 The mountains quake at Him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at His presence, even the world, and all that dwell in it.
6 Who shall stand before His anger? And who shall withstand in the anger of His wrath? His wrath brings to nought kingdoms, and the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7 The Lord is good to them that wait on Him in the day of affliction; and He knows them that reverence Him.
8 But with an overrunning flood He will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against [Him] and His enemies.
9 What do you devise against the Lord? He will make a complete end: He will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.
10 For [the enemy] shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.
11 Out of you shall proceed a device against the Lord, counseling evil things hostile [to Him].
12 Thus says the Lord who rules over many waters: Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of you shall not be heard any more.
13 And now will I break off his rod from you, and will burst your bonds.
14 And the Lord shall give a command concerning you; your name shall be fruitful no longer: I will utterly destroy the graven [images] out of the house of your god, and the molten [images]: I will make your grave; for [they are] swift.
15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your feasts, pay your vows: for they shall no more pass through you to your decay.
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