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Nahum 1 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:1 - An oracle concerning Nin'eveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 - The LORD is a jealous God and avenging, the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:3 - The LORD is slow to anger and of great might, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, the bloom of Lebanon fades.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5 - The mountains quake before him, the hills melt; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all that dwell therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:7 - The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overflowing flood he will make a full end of his adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end; he will not take vengeance twice on his foes.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:10 - Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:11 - Did one not come out from you, who plotted evil against the LORD, and counseled villainy?
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - Thus says the LORD, "Though they be strong and many, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:13 - And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds asunder."
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - The LORD has given commandment about you: "No more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut off the graven image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:15 - Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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