Nahum 1

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1 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.	1 Oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
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.	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 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.	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 and makes it dry, he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, the bloom of Lebanon fades.	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 quake before him, the hills melt; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all that dwell therein.	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 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.	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 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge 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 But with an overflowing flood he will make a full end of his adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.	8 when the flood rages; He makes an end of his opponents, and his enemies he pursues with darkness.
9 What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end; he will not take vengeance twice on his foes.	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 entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.	10 As when a tangle of thornbushes is set aflame, like dry stubble, they shall be utterly consumed.
11 Did one not come out from you, who plotted evil against the LORD, and counseled villainy?	11 From you he came who devised evil against the LORD, the scoundrel planner.
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.	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 And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds asunder."	13 Now will I break his yoke from off you, and burst asunder your bonds.
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."	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.
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.