Nahum 1
The LORD's Avenging Wrath |
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The burden of Nin'eveh. Is. 10.5-34 ; 14.24-27 · 2.13-15 The book of the vision of Nahum the El'koshite.
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God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will
take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for
his enemies.
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The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the
wicked: the LORD hath his way in the
whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of
his feet.
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He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry,
and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and
the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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The mountains quake at him, and the hills
melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and
all that dwell therein.
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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 thrown down by him.
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The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that
trust in him.
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But with an overrunning flood he will
make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue
his enemies.
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What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not
rise up the second time.
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For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards,
they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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There is one come out of thee,
that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked
counselor.
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Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many,
yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though
I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
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For now will I break his yoke from off
thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
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And the LORD hath
given a 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.
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The Tidings of
Nineveh's Fall |
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Behold upon the mountains the feet of
him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Is.
52.7 O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows:
for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut
off.
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