01 : 01 . The burden <04853 +massa> > of Nineveh <05210 +Niyn@veh
> . The book <05612 +cepher > of the vision <02377 +chazown > of
Nahum <05151 +Nachuwm > the Elkoshite <00512 +>Elqoshiy > .
01 : 02 . God <00410 +>el > [ is ] jealous <07072 +qannow> > ,
and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > revengeth <05358 +naqam > ; the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > revengeth <05358 +naqam > , and [ is ]
furious ; the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will take vengeance <05358
+naqam > on his adversaries <06862 +tsar > , and he reserveth
<05201 +natar > [ wrath ] for his enemies <00341 +>oyeb > .
01 : 03 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] slow <00750 +>arek >
to anger <00639 +>aph > , and great <01431 +gadal > in power
<03581 +koach > , and will not at all acquit <05352 +naqah > [
the wicked <07563 +rasha< > ] : the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath
his way <01870 +derek > in the whirlwind <05492 +cuwphah > and in
the storm <08183 +s@<arah > , and the clouds <06051 +<anan > [
are ] the dust <80> of his feet <07272 +regel > .
01 : 04 He rebuketh <01605 +ga<ar > the sea <03220 +yam > , and
maketh it dry <03001 +yabesh > , and drieth <03001 +yabesh > up
all <03605 +kol > the rivers <05104 +nahar > : Bashan <01316
+Bashan > languisheth <00535 +>amal > , and Carmel <03760 +Karmel
> , and the flower <06525 +perach > of Lebanon <03844 +L@banown >
languisheth <00535 +>amal > .
01 : 05 The mountains <02022 +har > quake <07493 +ra<ash > at him
, and the hills <01389 +gib<ah > melt <04127 +muwg > , and the
earth <00776 +>erets > is burned <05375 +nasa> > at his presence
<06440 +paniym > , yea , the world <08398 +tebel > , and all
<03605 +kol > that dwell <03427 +yashab > therein .
01 : 06 Who <04310 +miy > can stand <05975 +<amad > before <06440
+paniym > his indignation <02195 +za<am > ? and who <04310 +miy >
can abide <06965 +quwm > in the fierceness <02740 +charown > of
his anger <00639 +>aph > ? his fury <02534 +chemah > is poured
<05413 +nathak > out like fire <00784 +>esh > , and the rocks
<06697 +tsuwr > are thrown <05422 +nathats > down <05422 +nathats
> by him .
01 : 07 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] good <02896 +towb > ,
a strong <04581 +ma<owz > hold <04581 +ma<owz > in the day <03117
+yowm > of trouble <06869 +tsarah > ; and he knoweth <03045
+yada< > them that trust <02620 +chacah > in him .
01 : 08 But with an overrunning <05674 +<abar > flood <07858
+sheteph > he will make <06213 +<asah > an utter <03617 +kalah >
end <03615 +kalah > of the place <04725 +maqowm > thereof , and
darkness <02822 +choshek > shall pursue <07291 +radaph > his
enemies <00341 +>oyeb > .
01 : 09 . What <04100 +mah > do ye imagine <02803 +chashab >
against <00413 +>el > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ? he will make
<06213 +<asah > an utter <03617 +kalah > end <03615 +kalah > :
affliction <06869 +tsarah > shall not rise <06965 +quwm > up the
second time <06471 +pa<am > .
01 : 10 For while <05704 +<ad > [ they be ] folden <05440 +cabak
> together [ as ] thorns <05518 +ciyr > , and while they are
drunken <05435 +cobe> > [ as ] drunkards <05435 +cobe> > , they
shall be devoured <00398 +>akal > as stubble <07179 +qash > fully
<04390 +male> > dry <03002 +yabesh > .
01 : 11 There is [ one ] come <03318 +yatsa> > out of thee ,
that imagineth <02803 +chashab > evil <07451 +ra< > against <05921
+<al > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , a wicked <01100 +b@liya<al >
counsellor <03289 +ya<ats > .
01 : 12 Thus <03541 +koh > saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > ; Though <00518 +>im > [ they be ] quiet <08003
+shalem > , and likewise <03651 +ken > many <07227 +rab > , yet
thus <03651 +ken > shall they be cut <01494 +gazaz > down , when
<03588 +kiy > he shall pass <05674 +<abar > through . Though I
have afflicted <06031 +<anah > thee , I will afflict <06031
+<anah > thee no <03808 +lo> > more <05750 +<owd > .
01 : 13 For now <06258 +<attah > will I break <07665 +shabar > his
yoke <04132 +mowt > from off <05921 +<al > thee , and will burst
<05423 +nathaq > thy bonds <04147 +mowcer > in sunder .
01 : 14 And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath given a commandment
<06680 +tsavah > concerning <05921 +<al > thee , [ that ] no
<03808 +lo> > more <05750 +<owd > of thy name <08034 +shem > be
sown <02232 +zara< > : out of the house <01004 +bayith > of thy
gods <00430 +>elohiym > will I cut <03772 +karath > off the graven
<06459 +pecel > image and the molten <04541 +maccekah > image : I
will make <07760 +suwm > thy grave <06913 +qeber > ; for thou art
vile <07043 +qalal > .
01 : 15 Behold <02209 +ziqnah > upon the mountains <02022 +har >
the feet <07272 +regel > of him that bringeth <01319 +basar > good
<01319 +basar > tidings <01319 +basar > , that publisheth <08085
+shama< > peace <07965 +shalowm > ! O Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > ,
keep <02287 +chagag > thy solemn <02282 +chag > feasts <02282
+chag > , perform <07999 +shalam > thy vows <05088 +neder > : for
the wicked <01100 +b@liya<al > shall no <03808 +lo> > more pass
<05674 +<abar > through thee ; he is utterly <03605 +kol > cut
<03772 +karath > off .
02 : 01 . He that dasheth <06327 +puwts > in pieces is come <05927
+<alah > up before <05921 +<al > thy face <06440 +paniym > : keep
<05341 +natsar > the munition <04694 +m@tsuwrah > , watch <06822
+tsaphah > the way <01870 +derek > , make [ thy ] loins <04975
+mothen > strong <02388 +chazaq > , fortify <00553 +>amats > [
thy ] power <03581 +koach > mightily <03966 +m@<od > .
02 : 02 For the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath turned <07725 +shuwb >
away the excellency <01347 +ga>own > of Jacob <03290 +Ya<aqob > ,
as the excellency <01347 +ga>own > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > :
for the emptiers <01238 +baqaq > have emptied <01238 +baqaq > them
out , and marred <07843 +shachath > their vine <02156 +z@mowrah >
branches <02156 +z@mowrah > .
02 : 03 The shield <04043 +magen > of his mighty <01368 +gibbowr >
men is made red <00119 +>adam > , the valiant <02428 +chayil >
men <00582 +>enowsh > [ are ] in scarlet <08529 +tala< > : the
chariots <07393 +rekeb > [ shall be ] with flaming <00784 +>esh
> torches <06393 +p@ladah > in the day <03117 +yowm > of his
preparation <03559 +kuwn > , and the fir <01265 +b@rowsh > trees
shall be terribly shaken <07477 +ra<al > .
02 : 04 The chariots <07393 +rekeb > shall rage <01984 +halal > in
the streets <02351 +chuwts > , they shall justle <08264 +shaqaq >
one against another <08264 +shaqaq > in the broad <07339 +r@chob >
ways : they shall seem <04758 +mar>eh > like torches <03940
+lappiyd > , they shall run <07323 +ruwts > like the lightnings
<01300 +baraq > .
02 : 05 He shall recount <02142 +zakar > his worthies <00117
+>addiyr > : they shall stumble <03782 +kashal > in their walk
<01979 +haliykah > ; they shall make haste <04116 +mahar > to the
wall <02346 +chowmah > thereof , and the defence <05526 +cakak >
shall be prepared <03559 +kuwn > .
02 : 06 The gates <08179 +sha<ar > of the rivers <05104 +nahar >
shall be opened <06605 +pathach > , and the palace <01964 +heykal
> shall be dissolved <04127 +muwg > .
02 : 07 And Huzzab <05324 +natsab > shall be led away <01540
+galah > captive <01540 +galah > , she shall be brought <05927
+<alah > up , and her maids <00519 +>amah > shall lead <05090
+nahag > [ her ] as with the voice <06963 +qowl > of doves <03123
+yownah > , tabering <08608 +taphaph > upon their breasts <03824
+lebab > .
02 : 08 But Nineveh <05210 +Niyn@veh > [ is ] of old <03117
+yowm > like a pool <01295 +b@rekah > of water <04325 +mayim > :
yet they shall flee <05127 +nuwc > away . Stand <05975 +<amad > ,
stand <05975 +<amad > , [ shall they cry ] ; but none <00369
+>ayin > shall look <06437 +panah > back <06437 +panah > .
02 : 09 Take <00962 +bazaz > ye the spoil <00962 +bazaz > of
silver <03701 +keceph > , take <00962 +bazaz > the spoil <07997
+shalal > of gold <02091 +zahab > : for [ there is ] none <00369
+>ayin > end <07097 +qatseh > of the store <08498 +t@kuwnah > [
and ] glory <03519 +kabowd > out of all <03605 +kol > the
pleasant <02532 +chemdah > furniture <03627 +k@liy > .
02 : 10 She is empty <00950 +buwqah > , and void <04003 +m@buwqah
> , and waste <01110 +balaq > : and the heart <03820 +leb >
melteth <04549 +macac > , and the knees <01290 +berek > smite
<06375 +piyq > together , and much <02479 +chalchalah > pain
<02479 +chalchalah > [ is ] in all <03605 +kol > loins <04975
+mothen > , and the faces <06440 +paniym > of them all <03605
+kol > gather <06908 +qabats > blackness <06289 +pa>ruwr > .
02 : 11 . Where <00346 +>ayeh > [ is ] the dwelling <04583
+ma<own > of the lions <00738 +>ariy > , and the feedingplace
<07462 +ra<ah > of the young <03715 +k@phiyr > lions <03715
+k@phiyr > , where the lion <00739 +>ariy>el > , [ even ] the
old lion <03833 +labiy> > , walked <01980 +halak > , [ and ]
the lion s <00738 +>ariy > whelp <01482 +guwr > , and none <00369
+>ayin > made [ them ] afraid <02729 +charad > ?
02 : 12 The lion <00738 +>ariy > did tear <02963 +taraph > in
pieces enough <01767 +day > for his whelps <01484 +gowr > , and
strangled <02614 +chanaq > for his lionesses <03833 +labiy> > ,
and filled <04390 +male> > his holes <02356 +chowr > with prey
<02964 +tereph > , and his dens <04585 +m@<ownah > with ravin
<02966 +t@rephah > .
02 : 13 Behold <02205 +zaqen > , I [ am ] against <00413 +>el >
thee , saith <05002 +n@>um > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts
<06635 +tsaba> > , and I will burn <01197 +ba<ar > her chariots
<07393 +rekeb > in the smoke <06227 +<ashan > , and the sword
<02719 +chereb > shall devour <00398 +>akal > thy young <03715
+k@phiyr > lions <03715 +k@phiyr > : and I will cut <03772 +karath
> off thy prey <02964 +tereph > from the earth <00776 +>erets > ,
and the voice <06963 +qowl > of thy messengers <04397 +mal>ak >
shall no <03808 +lo> > more <05750 +<owd > be heard <08085
+shama< > .
03 : 01 . Woe <01945 +howy > to the bloody <01818 +dam > city
<05892 +<iyr > ! it [ is ] all <03605 +kol > full <04392
+male> > of lies <03585 +kachash > [ and ] robbery <06503
+Parbar > ; the prey <02964 +tereph > departeth <04185 +muwsh >
not ;
03 : 02 The noise <06963 +qowl > of a whip <07752 +showt > , and
the noise <06963 +qowl > of the rattling <07494 +ra<ash > of the
wheels <00212 +>owphan > , and of the pransing <01725 +dahar >
horses <05483 +cuwc > , and of the jumping <07540 +raqad >
chariots <04818 +merkabah > .
03 : 03 The horseman <06571 +parash > lifteth <05927 +<alah > up
both the bright <03851 +lahab > sword <02719 +chereb > and the
glittering <01300 +baraq > spear <02595 +chaniyth > : and [ there
is ] a multitude <07230 +rob > of slain <02491 +chalal > , and a
great <03514 +kobed > number of carcases <06297 +peger > ; and [
there is ] none <00369 +>ayin > end <07097 +qatseh > of [ their
] corpses <01472 +g@viyah > ; they stumble <03782 +kashal > upon
their corpses <01472 +g@viyah > :
03 : 04 Because of the multitude <07230 +rob > of the whoredoms
<02183 +zanuwn > of the wellfavoured harlot <02181 +zanah > , the
mistress <01172 +ba<alah > of witchcrafts <03785 +kesheph > ,
that selleth <04376 +makar > nations <01471 +gowy > through her
whoredoms <02183 +zanuwn > , and families <04940 +mishpachah >
through her witchcrafts <03785 +kesheph > .
03 : 05 Behold <02205 +zaqen > , I [ am ] against <00413 +>el >
thee , saith <05002 +n@>um > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts
<06635 +tsaba> > ; and I will discover <01540 +galah > thy skirts
<07757 +shuwl > upon thy face <06440 +paniym > , and I will shew
<07200 +ra>ah > the nations <01471 +gowy > thy nakedness <04626
+ma<ar > , and the kingdoms <04467 +mamlakah > thy shame <07036
+qalown > .
03 : 06 And I will cast <07993 +shalak > abominable <08251
+shiqquwts > filth upon thee , and make thee vile <05034 +nabel >
, and will set <07760 +suwm > thee as a gazingstock <07210 +ro>iy
> .
03 : 07 And it shall come <01961 +hayah > to pass , [ that ] all
<03605 +kol > they that look <07200 +ra>ah > upon thee shall flee
<05074 +nadad > from thee , and say <00559 +>amar > , Nineveh
<05210 +Niyn@veh > is laid waste <07703 +shadad > : who <04310
+miy > will bemoan <05110 +nuwd > her ? whence <00370 +>aiyn >
shall I seek <01245 +baqash > comforters <05162 +nacham > for thee
?
03 : 08 . Art thou better <03190 +yatab > than populous <00527
+>amown > No , that was situate <03427 +yashab > among the rivers
<02975 +y@<or > , [ that had ] the waters <04325 +mayim > round
<05439 +cabiyb > about it , whose <00834 +>aher > rampart <02426
+cheyl > [ was ] the sea <03220 +yam > , [ and ] her wall
<02346 +chowmah > [ was ] from the sea <03220 +yam > ?
03 : 09 Ethiopia <03568 +Kuwsh > and Egypt <04714 +Mitsrayim > [
were ] her strength <06109 +<otsmah > , and [ it was ] infinite
; Put <06316 +Puwt > and Lubim <03864 +Luwbiy > were thy helpers
<05833 +<ezrah > .
03 : 10 Yet <01571 +gam > [ was ] she carried <01473 +gowlah >
away <01473 +gowlah > , she went <01980 +halak > into captivity
<07628 +sh@biy > : her young children <05768 +<owlel > also <01571
+gam > were dashed <07376 +ratash > in pieces at the top <07218
+ro>sh > of all <03605 +kol > the streets <02351 +chuwts > : and
they cast <03032 +yadad > lots <01486 +gowral > for her honourable
<03513 +kabad > men , and all <03605 +kol > her great <01419
+gadowl > men were bound <07576 +rathaq > in chains <02131 +ziyqah
> .
03 : 11 Thou also <01571 +gam > shalt be drunken <07937 +shakar >
: thou shalt be hid <05956 +<alam > , thou also <01571 +gam >
shalt seek <01245 +baqash > strength <04581 +ma<owz > because of
the enemy <00341 +>oyeb > .
03 : 12 All <03605 +kol > thy strong <04013 +mibtsar > holds
<04013 +mibtsar > [ shall be like ] fig <08384 +t@>en > trees
with the firstripe <01063 +bikkuwrah > figs : if <00518 +>im >
they be shaken <05128 +nuwa< > , they shall even fall <05307
+naphal > into <05921 +<al > the mouth <06310 +peh > of the eater
<00398 +>akal > .
03 : 13 Behold <02009 +hinneh > , thy people <05971 +<am > in the
midst <07130 +qereb > of thee [ are ] women <00802 +>ishshah > :
the gates <08179 +sha<ar > of thy land <00776 +>erets > shall be
set wide <06605 +pathach > open <06605 +pathach > unto thine
enemies <00341 +>oyeb > : the fire <00784 +>esh > shall devour
<00398 +>akal > thy bars <01280 +b@riyach > .
03 : 14 Draw <07579 +sha>ab > thee waters <04325 +mayim > for the
siege <04692 +matsowr > , fortify <02388 +chazaq > thy strong
<04013 +mibtsar > holds <04013 +mibtsar > : go <00935 +bow> >
into clay <02916 +tiyt > , and tread <07429 +ramac > the morter
<02563 +chomer > , make strong <02388 +chazaq > the brickkiln
<04404 +malben > .
03 : 15 There <08033 +sham > shall the fire <00784 +>esh > devour
<00398 +>akal > thee ; the sword <02719 +chereb > shall cut
<03772 +karath > thee off , it shall eat <00398 +>akal > thee up
like the cankerworm <03218 +yekeq > : make thyself many <03513
+kabad > as the cankerworm <03218 +yekeq > , make thyself many
<03513 +kabad > as the locusts <00697 +>arbeh > .
03 : 16 Thou hast multiplied <07235 +rabah > thy merchants <07402
+rakal > above the stars <03556 +kowkab > of heaven <08064
+shamayim > : the cankerworm <03218 +yekeq > spoileth <06584
+pashat > , and flieth <05775 +<owph > away .
03 : 17 Thy crowned <04502 +minn@zar > [ are ] as the locusts
<00697 +>arbeh > , and thy captains <02951 +tiphcar > as the
great <01462 +gowb > grasshoppers <01462 +gowb > , which camp
<02583 +chanah > in the hedges <01448 +g@derah > in the cold
<07135 +qarah > day <03117 +yowm > , [ but ] when the sun
<08121 +shemesh > ariseth <02224 +zarach > they flee <05074
+nadad > away , and their place <04725 +maqowm > is not known
<03045 +yada< > where <00335 +>ay > they [ are ] .
03 : 18 Thy shepherds <07462 +ra<ah > slumber <05123 +nuwm > , O
king <04428 +melek > of Assyria <00804 +>Ashshuwr > : thy nobles
<00117 +>addiyr > shall dwell <07931 +shakan > [ in the dust ] :
thy people <05971 +<am > is scattered <06340 +pazar > upon the
mountains <02022 +har > , and no <00369 +>ayin > man gathereth
<06908 +qabats > [ them ] .
03 : 19 [ There is ] no <00369 +>ayin > healing <03545 +kehah >
of thy bruise <07667 +sheber > ; thy wound <04347 +makkah > is
grievous <02470 +chalah > : all <03605 +kol > that hear <08085
+shama< > the bruit <08088 +shema< > of thee shall clap <08628
+taqa< > the hands <03709 +kaph > over <05921 +<al > thee : for
upon whom <04310 +miy > hath not thy wickedness <07451 +ra< >
passed <05674 +<abar > continually <08548 +tamiyd > ?