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The burden[H4853] of Nineveh[H5210]. The book[H5612] of the vision[H2377] of Nahum[H5151] the Elkoshite[H512].
2God[H410] is jealous[H7072], and the LORD[H3068]revengeth[H5358]; the LORD[H3068]revengeth[H5358], and is furious[H1167]; the LORD[H3068] will take vengeance[H5358] on his adversaries[H6862], and he reserveth[H5201] wrath for his enemies[H341].
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The LORD[H3068] is slow[H750] to anger[H639], and great[H1419] in power[H3581], and will not at all[H5352]acquit[H5352] the wicked: the LORD[H3068] hath his way[H1870] in the whirlwind[H5492] and in the storm[H8183], and the clouds[H6051] are the dust[H80] of his feet[H7272].
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He rebuketh[H1605] the sea[H3220], and maketh it dry[H2717], and drieth up[H3001] all the rivers[H5104]: Bashan[H1316]languisheth[H535], and Carmel[H3760], and the flower[H6525] of Lebanon[H3844]languisheth[H535].
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The mountains[H2022]quake[H7493] at him, and the hills[H1389]melt[H4127], and the earth[H776] is burned[H5375] at his presence[H6440], yea, the world[H8398], and all that dwell[H3427] therein.
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Who can stand[H5975]before[H6440] his indignation?[H2195] and who can abide[H6965] in the fierceness[H2740] of his anger?[H639] his fury[H2534] is poured out[H5413] like fire[H784], and the rocks[H6697] are thrown down[H5422] by him.
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The LORD[H3068] is good[H2896], a strong hold[H4581] in the day[H3117] of trouble[H6869]; and he knoweth[H3045] them that trust[H2620] in him.
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But with an overrunning[H5674]flood[H7858] he will make[H6213] an utter end[H3617] of the place[H4725] thereof, and darkness[H2822] shall pursue[H7291] his enemies[H341].
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What do ye imagine[H2803] against the LORD?[H3068] he will make[H6213] an utter end[H3617]: affliction[H6869] shall not rise up[H6965] the second time[H6471].
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For while they be folden together[H5440] as thorns[H5518], and while they are drunken[H5433] as drunkards[H5435], they shall be devoured[H398] as stubble[H7179]fully[H4392]dry[H3002].
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There is one come out[H3318] of thee, that imagineth[H2803]evil[H7451] against the LORD[H3068], a wicked[H1100]counsellor[H3289].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Though they be quiet[H8003], and likewise many[H7227], yet thus shall they be cut down[H1494], when he shall pass through[H5674]. Though I have afflicted[H6031] thee, I will afflict[H6031] thee no more.
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For now will I break[H7665] his yoke[H4132] from off thee, and will burst[H5423] thy bonds[H4147] in sunder[H5423].
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And the LORD[H3068] hath given a commandment[H6680] concerning thee, that no more of thy name[H8034] be sown[H2232]: out of the house[H1004] of thy gods[H430] will I cut off[H3772] the graven image[H6459] and the molten image[H4541]: I will make[H7760] thy grave[H6913]; for thou art vile[H7043].
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Behold upon the mountains[H2022] the feet[H7272] of him that bringeth good tidings[H1319], that publisheth[H8085]peace[H7965]! O Judah[H3063], keep[H2287] thy solemn feasts[H2282], perform[H7999] thy vows[H5088]: for the wicked[H1100] shall no more[H3254] pass through[H5674] thee; he is utterly cut off[H3772].