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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
burden
of
Nineveh.
The
book
of
the
vision
of
Nahum
the
Elkoshite.
\VS{2}The
LORD
is
a
jealous
God
and
avengeth;
the
LORD
avengeth
and
is
full
of
wrath;
the
LORD
taketh
vengeance
on
his
adversaries,
and
he
reserveth
{\ADD{
wrath
}}for
his
enemies.
\VS{3}The
LORD
is
slow
to
anger,
and
great
in
power,
and
will
by
no
means
clear
{\ADD{
the
guilty}}:
the
LORD
hath
his
way
in
the
whirlwind
and
in
the
storm,
and
the
clouds
are
the
dust
of
his
feet.
\VS{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.
\VS{5}The
mountains
quake
at
him,
and
the
hills
melt;
and
the
earth
is
upheaved
at
his
presence,
yea,
the
world,
and
all
that
dwell
therein.
\VS{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
broken
asunder
by
him.
\VS{7}The
LORD
is
good,
a
strong
hold
in
the
day
of
trouble;
and
he
knoweth
them
that
put
their
trust
in
him.
\VS{8}But
with
an
overrunning
flood
he
will
make
a
full
end
of
the
place
thereof,
and
will
pursue
his
enemies
into
darkness.
\VS{9}What
do
ye
imagine
against
the
LORD?
he
will
make
a
full
end:
affliction
shall
not
rise
up
the
second
time.
\VS{10}For
though
they
be
like
tangled
thorns,
told
be
drenched
as
it
were
in
their
drink,
they
shall
be
devoured
utterly
as
dry
stubble.
\VS{11}There
is
one
gone
forth
out
of
thee,
that
imagineth
evil
against
the
LORD,
that counselleth
wickedness.
\VS{12}Thus
saith
the
LORD:
Though
they
be
in
full
strength,
and
likewise
many,
even
so
shall
they
be
cut
down,
and
he
shall
pass
away.
Though
I
have
afflicted
thee,
I
will
afflict
thee
no
more.
\VS{13}And
now
will
I
break
his
yoke
from
off
thee,
and
will
burst
thy
bonds
in
sunder.
\VS{14}And
the
LORD
hath
given
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.
\VS{15}Behold,
upon
the
mountains
the
feet
of
him
that
bringeth
good
tidings,
that
publisheth
peace!
Keep
thy
feasts,
O
Judah,
perform
thy
vows:
for
the
wicked
one
shall
no
more
pass
through
thee;
he
is
utterly
cut
off.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{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.
\VS{2}For
the
LORD
bringeth
again
the
excellency
of
Jacob,
as
the
excellency
of
Israel:
for
the
emptiers
have
emptied
them
out,
and
marred
their
vine
branches.
\VS{3}The
shield
of
his
mighty
men
is
made
red,
the
valiant
men
are
in
scarlet:
the
chariots
flash
with
steel
in
the
day
of
his
preparation,
and
the
spears
are
shaken
terribly.
\VS{4}The
chariots
rage
in
the
streets,
they justle
one
against
another
in
the
broad
ways:
the
appearance
of
them
is
like
torches,
they
run
like
the
lightnings.
\VS{5}He
remembereth
his
worthies:
they
stumble
in
their
march;
they
make
haste
to
the
wall
thereof,
and
the
mantelet
is
prepared.
\VS{6}The
gates
of
the
rivers
are
opened,
and
the
palace
is
dissolved.
\VS{7}And
Huzzab
is
uncovered,
she
is
carried
away,
and
her
handmaids
mourn
as
with
the
voice
of
doves,
tabering
upon
their
breasts.
\VS{8}But
Nineveh
hath
been
from
of
old
like
a
pool
of
water:
yet
they
flee
away;
Stand,
stand,
{\ADD{
they
cry}};
but
none
looketh
back.
\VS{9}Take
ye
the
spoil
of
silver,
take
the
spoil
of
gold:
for
there
is
none
end
of
the
store,
the
glory
of
all
pleasant
furniture.
\VS{10}She
is
empty,
and
void,
and
waste:
and
the
heart
melteth,
and
the
knees
smite
together,
and
anguish
is
in
all
loins,
and
the
faces
of
them
all
are
waxed
pale.
\VS{11}Where
is
the
den
of
the
lions,
and
the
feeding
place
of
the
young
lions,
where
the
lion
{\ADD{
and
}}the
lioness
walked,
the
lion’s
whelp,
and
none
made
them
afraid?
\VS{12}The
lion
did
tear
in
pieces
enough
for
his
whelps,
and
strangled
for
his
lionesses,
and
filled
his
caves
with
prey,
and
his
dens
with
ravin.
\VS{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.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Woe
to
the
bloody
city!
it
is
all
full
of
lies
and rapine;
the
prey
departeth
not.
\VS{2}The
noise
of
the
whip,
and
the
noise
of
the
rattling
of
wheels;
and
pransing
horses,
and
jumping
chariots;
\VS{3}the
horseman mounting,
and
the
flashing
sword,
and
the
glittering
spear;
and
a
multitude
of
slain,
and
a
great
heap
of
carcases:
and
there
is
none
end
of
the
corpses;
they
stumble
upon
their
corpses:
\VS{4}because
of
the
multitude
of
the
whoredoms
of
the
well
favoured
harlot,
the
mistress
of
witchcrafts,
that
selleth
nations
through
her
whoredoms,
and
families
through
her
witchcrafts.
\VS{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.
\VS{6}And
I
will
cast
abominable
filth
upon
thee,
and
make
thee
vile,
and
will
set
thee
as
a
gazingstock.
\VS{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?
\VS{8}Art
thou
better
than
No-amon,
that
was
situate
among
the
rivers,
that
had
the
waters
round
about
her;
whose
rampart
was
the
sea,
{\ADD{
and
}}her
wall
was
of
the
sea?
\VS{9}Ethiopia
and
Egypt
were
her
strength,
and
it
was
infinite;
Put
and
Lubim
were
thy
helpers.
\VS{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.
\VS{11}Thou
also shalt
be
drunken,
thou shalt
be
hid;
thou
also shalt
seek
a
strong
hold
because
of
the
enemy.
\VS{12}All
thy
fortresses
shall
be
{\ADD{
like
}}fig
trees
with
the
firstripe
figs:
if
they
be
shaken,
they
fall
into
the
mouth
of
the
eater.
\VS{13}Behold,
thy
people
in
the
midst
of
thee
are
women;
the
gates
of
thy
land
are
set
wide
open
unto
thine
enemies:
the
fire
hath
devoured
thy
bars.
\VS{14}Draw
thee
water
for
the
siege,
strengthen
thy
fortresses:
go
into
the
clay,
and
tread
the
mortar,
make
strong
the
brickkiln.
\VS{15}There
shall
the
fire
devour
thee;
the
sword
shall
cut
thee
off,
it
shall
devour
thee
like
the
cankerworm:
make
thyself
many
as
the
cankerworm,
make
thyself
many
as
the
locust.
\VS{16}Thou
hast
multiplied
thy
merchants
above
the
stars
of
heaven:
the
cankerworm
spoileth,
and
flieth
away.
\VS{17}Thy
crowned
are
as
the
locusts,
and
thy
marshals
as
the
swarms
of
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.
\VS{18}Thy
shepherds
slumber,
O
king
of
Assyria:
thy
worthies
are
at
rest:
thy
people
are
scattered
upon
the
mountains,
and
there
is
none
to
gather
them.
\VS{19}There
is
no assuaging
of
thy
hurt;
thy
wound
is
grievous:
all
that
hear
the
bruit
of
thee
clap
the
hands
over
thee;
for
upon
whom
hath
not
thy
wickedness
passed
continually?
\par }