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{\MT NAHUM.



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\MM \VerseOne{1}{\SC{The}} burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}God
{\ADD{is}} jealous, and the
{\SC{Lord}} revengeth;

\par }{\Q The
{\SC{Lord}} revengeth, and
{\ADD{is}} furious;

\par }{\Q The
{\SC{Lord}} will take vengeance on his adversaries,

\par }{\Q And he reserveth
{\ADD{wrath}} for his enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
{\SC{Lord}}
{\ADD{is}} slow to anger, and great in power,

\par }{\Q And will not at all acquit
{\ADD{the wicked:}}

\par }{\Q The
{\SC{Lord}}
{\ADD{hath}} his way in the whirlwind and in the storm,

\par }{\Q And the clouds
{\ADD{are}} the dust of his feet.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry,

\par }{\Q And drieth up all the rivers:

\par }{\Q Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,

\par }{\Q And the flower of Lebanon languisheth.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt,

\par }{\Q And the earth is burnt at his presence,

\par }{\Q Yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Who can stand before his indignation?

\par }{\Q And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger?

\par }{\Q His fury is poured out like fire,

\par }{\Q And the rocks are thrown down by him.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
{\SC{Lord}}
{\ADD{is}} good, a strong hold in the day of trouble;

\par }{\Q And he knoweth them that trust in him.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof,

\par }{\Q And darkness shall pursue his enemies.


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{\Q \VS{9}What do ye imagine against the
{\SC{Lord}}?

\par }{\Q He
{\ADD{will}} make an utter end:

\par }{\Q Affliction shall not rise up the second time.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For while
{\ADD{they be}} folden together
{\ADD{as}} thorns,

\par }{\Q And while they be drunken
{\ADD{as}} drunkards,

\par }{\Q They shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}There is
{\ADD{one}} come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the
{\SC{Lord}},

\par }{\Q A wicked counseller.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thus saith the
{\SC{Lord}};

\par }{\Q Though
{\ADD{they be}} quiet, and likewise many,

\par }{\Q Yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through.

\par }{\Q Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For now will I break his yoke from off thee,

\par }{\Q And will burst thy bonds in sunder.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And the
{\SC{Lord}} hath given a commandment concerning thee,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{That}} no more of thy name be sown:

\par }{\Q Out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image:

\par }{\Q I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace.

\par }{\Q O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows:

\par }{\Q For the wicked shall no more pass through thee;

\par }{\Q He is utterly cut off.


\par }{\BB \par }


\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face:

\par }{\Q Keep the munition, watch the way, make
{\ADD{thy}} loins strong, fortify
{\ADD{thy}} power mightily.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}For the
{\SC{Lord}} hath turned
{\ADD{away}} the excellency of Jacob,

\par }{\Q As the excellency of Israel:

\par }{\Q For the emptiers have emptied them out,

\par }{\Q And marred their vine branches.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The shield of his mighty
{\ADD{men is}} made red,

\par }{\Q The valiant men
{\ADD{are}} in scarlet:

\par }{\Q The chariots
{\ADD{shall be}} with flaming torches in the day of his preparation,

\par }{\Q And the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The chariots shall rage in the streets,

\par }{\Q They shall justle one against another in the broad ways:

\par }{\Q They shall seem like torches,

\par }{\Q They shall run like the lightnings.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He shall recount his worthies:

\par }{\Q They shall stumble in their walk;

\par }{\Q They shall make haste
{\ADD{to}} the wall thereof,

\par }{\Q And the defence shall be prepared.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The gates of the rivers shall be opened,

\par }{\Q And the palace shall be dissolved.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up,

\par }{\Q And her maids
{\ADD{shall}} lead
{\ADD{her}} as
{\ADD{with}} the voice of doves,

\par }{\Q Tabring upon their breasts.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}But Nineveh
{\ADD{is}} of old like a pool of water:

\par }{\Q Yet they
{\ADD{shall}} flee away.

\par }{\Q Stand, stand,
{\ADD{shall they cry;}} but none shall look back.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold:

\par }{\Q For
{\ADD{there is}} none end of the store
{\ADD{and}} glory out of all the pleasant furniture.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}She
{\ADD{is}} empty, and void, and waste:

\par }{\Q And the heart melteth, and the knees smite together,

\par }{\Q And much pain
{\ADD{is}} in all loins,

\par }{\Q And the faces of them all gather blackness.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Where
{\ADD{is}} the dwelling of the lions,

\par }{\Q And the feeding place of the young lions,

\par }{\Q Where the lion,
{\ADD{even}} the old lion, walked,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} the lion’s whelp, and none made
{\ADD{them}} afraid?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps,

\par }{\Q And strangled for his lionesses,

\par }{\Q And filled his holes
{\ADD{with}} prey,

\par }{\Q And his dens
{\ADD{with}} ravin.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Behold, I
{\ADD{am}} against thee, saith the
{\SC{Lord}} of hosts,

\par }{\Q And I will burn her chariots in the smoke,

\par }{\Q And the sword shall devour thy young lions:

\par }{\Q And I will cut off thy prey from the earth,

\par }{\Q And the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.


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\PoetryChap{3}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Woe to the bloody city!

\par }{\Q It
{\ADD{is}} all full
{\ADD{of}} lies
{\ADD{and}} robbery;

\par }{\Q The prey departeth not;


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels,

\par }{\Q And of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear:

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{there is}} a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{there is}} none end of
{\ADD{their}} corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot,

\par }{\Q The mistress of witchcrafts,

\par }{\Q That selleth nations through her whoredoms,

\par }{\Q And families through her witchcrafts.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Behold, I
{\ADD{am}} against thee, saith the
{\SC{Lord}} of hosts;

\par }{\Q And I will discover thy skirts upon thy face,

\par }{\Q And I will shew the nations thy nakedness,

\par }{\Q And the kingdoms thy shame.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,

\par }{\Q And will set thee as a gazing-stock.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And it shall come to pass,
{\ADD{that}} all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say,

\par }{\Q Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?

\par }{\Q Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Art thou better than populous No,

\par }{\Q That was situate among the rivers,
{\ADD{that had}} the waters round about it,

\par }{\Q Whose rampart
{\ADD{was}} the sea,
{\ADD{and}} her wall
{\ADD{was}} from the sea?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ethiopia and Egypt
{\ADD{were}} her strength, and
{\ADD{it was}} infinite;

\par }{\Q Put and Lubim were thy helpers.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Yet
{\ADD{was}} she carried away, she went into captivity:

\par }{\Q Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets:

\par }{\Q And they cast lots for her honourable
{\ADD{men}},

\par }{\Q And all her great
{\ADD{men}} were bound in chains.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid,

\par }{\Q Thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}All thy strong holds
{\ADD{shall be like}} fig trees with the firstripe figs:

\par }{\Q If they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Behold, thy people in the midst of thee
{\ADD{are}} women:

\par }{\Q The gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies:

\par }{\Q The fire shall devour thy bars.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds:

\par }{\Q Go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}There shall the fire devour thee;

\par }{\Q The sword shall cut thee off,

\par }{\Q It shall eat thee up like the cankerworm:

\par }{\Q Make thyself many as the cankerworm,

\par }{\Q Make thyself many as the locusts.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven:

\par }{\Q The cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Thy crowned
{\ADD{are}} as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers,

\par }{\Q Which camp in the hedges in the cold day,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} when the sun ariseth they flee away,

\par }{\Q And their place is not known where they
{\ADD{are}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell
{\ADD{in the dust:}}

\par }{\Q Thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth
{\ADD{them}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ADD{There is}} no healing of thy bruise; thy wound
{\ADD{is}} grievous:

\par }{\Q All that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee:

\par }{\Q For upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?


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