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{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Nahum

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of Ninive.
The
book
of
the
vision
of
Nahum
the Elcesite.
\VS{2}The
Lord
is
a
jealous
God,
and
a revenger:
the
Lord
is
a revenger,
and hath
wrath:
the
Lord taketh
vengeance
on
his adversaries,
and
he
is
angry
with
his
enemies.
\VS{3}The
Lord
is
patient,
and
great
in
power,
and
will
not cleanse
and
acquit
the guilty.
The
Lord’s
ways
are
in
a
tempest,
and
a whirlwind,
and
clouds
are
the
dust
of
his
feet.
\VS{4}He rebuketh
the
sea,
and drieth
it
up:
and bringeth
all
the
rivers
to
be
a desert. Basan languisheth
and
Carmel:
and
the dower
of Libanus fadeth
away.
\VS{5}The
mountains
tremble
at
him,
and
the
hills
are
made desolate:
and
the
earth hath
quaked
at
his
presence,
and
the
world,
and
all
that
dwell therein.
\VS{6}Who
can
stand
before
the
face
of
his
indignation?
and
who
shall resist
in
the
fierceness
of
his
anger?
his
indignation
is
poured
out
like
fire:
and
the
rocks
are
melted
by
him.
\VS{7}The
Lord
is
good
and giveth
strength
in
the
day
of
trouble:
and knoweth
them
that hope
in
him.
\VS{8}But
with
a
flood
that passeth
by,
he
will
make an utter
end
of
the
place thereof:
and
darkness shall
pursue
his
enemies.
\VS{9}What
do ye
devise
against
the
Lord?
he
will
make
an utter
end:
there
shall
not
rise
a double affliction.
\VS{10}For
as thorns embrace
one another:
so
while
they
are feasting
and drinking together,
they shall
be
consumed
as
stubble
that
is
fully
dry.
\VS{11}Out
of thee
shall
come
forth
one
that imagineth
evil
against
the
Lord, contriving treachery
in
his mind.
\VS{12}Thus saith
the
Lord:
Though
they were
perfect:
and
many
of
them
so,
yet
thus
shall
they
be
cut
off,
and
he
shall
pass:
I
have
afflicted thee,
and
I
will
afflict thee
no
more.
\VS{13}And
now
I will
break
in
pieces
his rod
with which
he struck thy back,
and
I will
burst thy
bonds asunder.
\VS{14}And
the
Lord
will
give
a
commandment
concerning thee,
that
no
more
of thy
name
shall
be
sown:
I
will
destroy
the
graven
and molten
thing
out
of
the
house
of thy
God,
I
will
make
it thy
grave,
for thou art disgraced.
\VS{15}Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
is come
up
that
shall
destroy
before thy face,
that
shall
keep
the siege:
watch
the
way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.
\VS{2}For
the Lord hath rendered
the pride
of Jacob,
as
the pride
of Israel:
because
the spoilers
have
laid
them waste,
and
have marred
their vine branches.
\VS{3}The shield
of
his mighty
men
is
like fire,
the
men
of
the army
are clad
in scarlet,
the reins
of
the chariot
are flaming
in
the day
of
his preparation,
and
the drivers
are stupefied.
\VS{4}They
are
in confusion
in
the ways,
the
chariots jostle
one
against
another
in
the streets:
their looks
are
like torches,
like lightning running
to
and fro.
\VS{5}He will muster up
his valiant men,
they shall stumble
in their march:
they shall
quickly get upon
the walls thereof:
and
a covering shall
be prepared.
\VS{6}The gates
of
the rivers
are opened,
and
the temple is thrown
down
to
the ground.
\VS{7}And
the soldier
is led
away captive:
and
her bondwomen
were led
away mourning
as doves, murmuring
in their hearts.
\VS{8}And
as
for Ninive,
her waters
are
like
a great pool,
but
the men flee
away.
They
cry:
Stand,
stand,
but
there
is none
that
will return
back.
\VS{9}Take ye
the spoil
of
the silver,
take
the spoil
of
the gold:
for
there
is
no end
of
the riches
of
all
the precious furniture.
\VS{10}She
is
destroyed,
and rent,
and torn:
the heart melteth,
and
the knees fail,
and
all
the loins lose
their strength:
and
the faces
of
them
all
are
as
the blackness
of
a kettle.
\VS{11}Where
is now
the dwelling
of
the lions,
and
the feeding
place
of
the young lions,
to which
the lion
went,
to enter
in thither,
the young lion,
and
there
was
none
to
make
them afraid?
\VS{12}The
lion caught enough
for
his whelps,
and killed
for
his lionesses:
and
he filled
his holes
with prey,
and
his
den
with rapine.
\VS{13}Behold
I
come against thee, saith
the Lord
of hosts,
and
I will burn thy chariots even
to smoke,
and
the sword shall devour thy young
lions:
and
I will cut off thy
prey out
of
the land,
and
the voice
of thy
messengers shall be heard no more.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to thee, O
city
of
blood,
all
full
of
lies
and violence: rapine
shall
not
depart
from thee.
\VS{2}The
noise
of
the
whip,
and
the
noise
of
the
rattling
of
the
wheels,
and
of
the neighing
horse,
and
of
the running
chariot,
and
of
the
horsemen coming up,
\VS{3}And
of
the shining
sword,
and
of
the
glittering
spear,
and
of
a
multitude
slain,
and
of
a grievous destruction:
and
there
is
no
end
of
carcasses,
and
they
shall
fall
down
on
their
dead
bodies.
\VS{4}Because
of
the
multitude
of
the fornications
of
the
harlot
that
was beautiful
and agreeable,
and
that made use
of witchcraft,
that
sold
nations through her fornications,
and
families through her
witchcrafts.
\VS{5}Behold
I
come
against thee, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
I
will discover thy
shame
to thy
face,
and
will shew thy
nakedness
to
the
nations,
and thy
shame
to
kingdoms.
\VS{6}And
I will
cast
abominations
upon thee,
and will disgrace thee,
and will
make
an example
of thee.
\VS{7}And
it
shall
come
to
pass
that
every
one
that
shall
see thee,
shall
flee
from thee,
and
shall
say: Ninive
is laid
waste:
who
shall bemoan thee? whence
shall
I
seek
a
comforter
for thee?
\VS{8}Art thou
better than
the populous Alexandria,
that dwelleth
among
the
rivers?
waters
are
round
about
it:
the
sea
is
its riches,
the
waters
are
its
walls.
\VS{9}Ethiopia
and
Egypt
were
the strength thereof,
and
there
is
no
end: Africa
and
the
Libyans
were thy
helpers.
\VS{10}Yet
she
also
was removed
and
carried
into
captivity:
her young
children
were
dashed
in
pieces
at
the
top
of
every
street,
and
they
cast
lots
upon
her
nobles,
and
all
her
great
men
were
bound
in fetters.
\VS{11}Therefore thou
also shalt
be
made
drunk,
and shalt
be despised:
and thou shalt
seek help
from
the
enemy.
\VS{12}All thy strong holds
shall
be
like
fig
trees
with
their green
figs:
if
they
be
shaken,
they
shall
fall
into
the
mouth
of
the
eater.
\VS{13}Behold thy
people
in
the
midst
of thee
are
women:
the
gates
of thy
land
shall
be set wide
open
to thy
enemies,
the
fire
shall
devour thy
bars.
\VS{14}Draw thee
water
for
the
siege, build
up thy bulwarks:
go
into
the
clay,
and
tread, work
it
and
make
brick.
\VS{15}There
shall
the
fire
devour thee: thou shalt
perish
by
the
sword,
it
shall
devour thee
like
the bruchus: assemble together
like
the bruchus,
make thyself many
like
the
locust.
\VS{16}Thou hast
multiplied thy merchandises above
the
stars
of
heaven:
the bruchus hath spread himself
and flown away.
\VS{17}Thy
guards
are
like
the
locusts:
and thy little ones
like
the
locusts
of
locusts which swarm
on
the hedges
in
the
day
of
cold:
the
sun arose,
and
they flew
away,
and
their
place
was
not
known
where
they
were.
\VS{18}Thy
shepherds
have slumbered, O
king
of
Assyria, thy princes
shall
be buried: thy
people
are hid
in
the
mountains,
and
there
is
none
to
gather
them
together.
\VS{19}Thy
destruction
is
not hidden, thy
wound
is grievous:
all
that
have
heard
the
fame
of thee,
have clapped
their
hands
over thee:
for
upon
whom hath
not thy
wickedness
passed
continually?
\par }