1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.







1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is



furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he



reserveth wrath for his enemies.







1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all



acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the



storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.







1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the



rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon



languisheth.







1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is



burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.







1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the



fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the



rocks are thrown down by him.







1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he



knoweth them that trust in him.







1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the



place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.







1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end:



affliction shall not rise up the second time.







1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are



drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.







1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the



LORD, a wicked counsellor.







1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet



thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have



afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.







1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy



bonds in sunder.







1:14 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 image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou



art vile.







1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good



tidings, that 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.







2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the



munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power



mightily.







2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the



excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and



marred their vine branches.







2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in



scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his



preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.







2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one



against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they



shall run like the lightnings.







2:5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk;



they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be



prepared.







2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be



dissolved.







2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and



her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon



their breasts.







2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee



away.







Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.







2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is



none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.







2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the



knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of



them all gather blackness.







2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the



young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's



whelp, and none made them afraid?  2:12 The lion did tear in pieces



enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his



holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.







2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will



burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young



lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of



thy messengers shall no more be heard.







3:1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the



prey departeth not; 3:2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the



rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping



chariots.







3:3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering



spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of



carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon



their corpses: 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the



wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations



through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.







3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will



discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy



nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.







3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,



and will set thee as a gazingstock.







3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall



flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?



whence shall I seek comforters for thee?  3:8 Art thou better than



populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters



round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the



sea?  3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite;



Put and Lubim were thy helpers.







3:10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young



children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and



they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were



bound in chains.







3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt



seek strength because of the enemy.







3:12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe



figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the



eater.







3:13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of



thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall



devour thy bars.







3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into



clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.







3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off,



it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the



cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.







3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the



cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.







3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great



grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the



sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they



are.







3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell



in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man



gathereth them.







3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all



that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon



whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?