Nahum 1

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1 Prophecy about Nineveh. Book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.	1 Oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
2 Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful God, Yahweh takes vengeance, he is rich in wrath; Yahweh takesvengeance on his foes, he stores up fury for his enemies.	2 A jealous and avenging God is the LORD, an avenger is the LORD, and angry; The LORD brings vengeance on his adversaries, and lays up wrath for his enemies;
3 Yahweh is slow to anger but great in power, Yahweh never lets evil go unpunished. In storm andwhirlwind he takes his way, the clouds are the dust stirred up by his feet.	3 The LORD is slow to anger, yet great in power, and the LORD never leaves the guilty unpunished. In hurricane and tempest is his path, and clouds are the dust at his feet;
4 He rebukes the sea, dries it up, and makes all the rivers run dry. . . . Bashan and Carmel wither, thegreenery of the Lebanon withers too.	4 He rebukes the sea and leaves it dry, and all the rivers he dries up. Withered are Bashan and Carmel, and the bloom of Lebanon fades;
5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills reel; the earth col apses before him, the world and al wholive in it.	5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills dissolve; The earth is laid waste before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
6 His fury -- who can withstand it? Who can endure his burning wrath? His anger pours out like fire andthe rocks break apart before him.	6 Before his wrath, who can stand firm, and who can face his blazing anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are rent asunder before him.
7 Yahweh is better than a fortress in time of distress; he recognises those who trust in him	7 The LORD is good, a refuge on the day of distress; He takes care of those who have recourse to him,
8 even when the flood rushes on; he wil make an end once and for al of those who defy him, and pursuehis foes into darkness.	8 when the flood rages; He makes an end of his opponents, and his enemies he pursues with darkness.
9 What are your thoughts about Yahweh? He it is who makes a final end: his adversaries wil not rise upa second time;	9 What are you imputing to the LORD? It is he who will make an end! The enemy shall not rise a second time;
10 like a thicket of tangled brambles, like dry straw, they wil be burnt up completely. To Assyria	10 As when a tangle of thornbushes is set aflame, like dry stubble, they shall be utterly consumed.
11 From you has emerged someone plotting evil against Yahweh, one of Belial's counsel ors. To Judah	11 From you he came who devised evil against the LORD, the scoundrel planner.
12 Yahweh says this: Unopposed and many though they be, they wil be cut down and pass away.Though I have made you suffer, I shal make you suffer no more,	12 For, says the LORD, be they ever so many and so vigorous, still they shall be mown down and disappear. Though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more.
13 for now I shal break his yoke which presses hard on you and snap your chains. To the king ofNineveh	13 Now will I break his yoke from off you, and burst asunder your bonds.
14 As for you, this is Yahweh's decree: You wil have no heirs to your name, from the temple of your godsI shal remove carved image and cast image, and I shal devastate your tomb, for you are accursed!	14 The LORD has commanded regarding you: no descendant shall come to bear your name; From your temple I will abolish the carved and the molten image; I will make your grave a mockery.