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\h NAHUM 
\toc1 Nahum 
\toc2 Nahum 
\toc3 Nam 
\mt2 This book contains the account of Nahum foretelling about Nineveh and the Assyrian people being destroyed. We call this book  
\mt1 Nahum  
\c 1  
\p
\v 1  \add I am\add* \w Nahum|strong="H5151"\w*, from Elkosh \add village\add*. \add This is\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H4853"\w* \w about|strong="H4853"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \add city, the capital of Assyria that was given\add* \w to|strong="H5612"\w* me \w in|strong="H5612"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \add by Yahweh\add*.   
\s1 Yahweh is angry with the people of Nineveh  
\q1
\v 2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7072"\w*/\w does|strong="H3068"\w* not want \w people|strong="H6862"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w any|strong="H5201"\w* other \w god|strong="H3068"\w*►.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* very \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \add with those who worship other gods\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* gets \w revenge|strong="H5358"\w* [DOU] \add on all\add* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* oppose \w him|strong="H1931"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* quickly become angry;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* punish [LIT] those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done evil \w things|strong="H1419"\w* [MTY].  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* shows \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* sending \w whirlwinds|strong="H5492"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* storms,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="H3068"\w* dust \add stirred up by\add* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 When \w he|strong="H3605"\w* commands oceans \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w become|strong="H2717"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\q1 \add He causes the grass in the fields in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \add on the slopes of\add* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \add Mountain\add* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w wither|strong="H3001"\w*,  
\q2 \add and causes\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6525"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* fade.   
\q1
\v 5 \w When|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* appears, \add it is as though\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w shake|strong="H7493"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w melt|strong="H4127"\w*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w quakes|strong="H7493"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \add the people on\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w tremble|strong="H7493"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w There|strong="H5975"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w when|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* becomes extremely \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w survive|strong="H6965"\w* \w when|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* very \w hot|strong="H2534"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* very \w angry|strong="H2534"\w*, \add it is as though\add* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w like|strong="H2534"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* blazing fire,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add it is as though\add* mountains \w are|strong="H4310"\w* shattered \w into|strong="H4480"\w* pieces.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w protects|strong="H4581"\w* \add us his people\add* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w takes|strong="H2620"\w* care \w of|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w But|strong="H7291"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4725"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* enemies;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4725"\w* \w be|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H7858"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* destroys everything.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4725"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* enemies  
\q2 \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \add of the place where the dead are\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 9  \add So\add*, \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add people of Nineveh\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w plot|strong="H2803"\w* \w against|strong="H6965"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add need to\add* strike \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H6213"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add by striking you only once\add*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add It will be as though his enemies\add* \w are|strong="H4390"\w* \w tangled|strong="H5440"\w* \w in|strong="H5518"\w* \w thorns|strong="H5518"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* stagger \w like|strong="H5704"\w* people \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* drunk \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w wine|strong="H5435"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* burned \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* burns \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*/\w straw|strong="H7179"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* Nineveh \add city\add* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w advised|strong="H3289"\w* people \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* very \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \add about you Israeli people\add*:  
\q1 “\w Although|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* army \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w powerful|strong="H7227"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* destroyed \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* disappear.  
\q1 \add I say to my people in Judah,\add*  
\q2 ‘ \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \add already\add* punished \w you|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* will cause \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add people of Assyria\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* no longer control/oppress \w you|strong="H5921"\w* [MET];  
\q2 \add it will be as though\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* will \w tear|strong="H5423"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w shackles|strong="H4147"\w*/\w chains|strong="H4147"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \add hands and feet\add*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 14  \add And this is what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* declares \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Nineveh:  
\q2 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* descendants \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w continue|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* statues \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* gods  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w carved|strong="H6459"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w formed|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* molds.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to be killed and\add* \w sent|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w vile|strong="H7043"\w*/despicable!”   
\b  
\q1
\v 15  \add You people of Judah,\add* look! \w A|strong="H3068"\w* messenger will be coming across the mountains,  
\q2 and he [SYN] will be bringing good news \add to you\add*.  
\q2 He will be declaring \add that you will now have\add* peace \add because Assyria will have been conquered\add*.  
\q1 \add So,\add* celebrate your festivals,  
\q2 and do what you solemnly promised to do \add when your enemies were threatening to attack you\add*,  
\q1 because your wicked \add enemies\add* will not invade your country again,  
\q2 \add because\add* they will be completely destroyed.   
\c 2  
\s1 Nineveh will be destroyed  
\q1
\v 1  \add You people of\add* [APO] Nineveh,  
\q2 \w your|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w are|strong="H7272"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* attack \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \add So\add* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* guards \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tops \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city!  
\q2 Guard \w the|strong="H3605"\w* roads \add into the city\add*!  
\q2 Get ready \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight!  
\q2 Gather \w your|strong="H3605"\w* troops/\w soldiers|strong="H5750"\w* [MTY] \w together|strong="H8085"\w*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 2 \w Even|strong="H4975"\w* though enemy \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* destroyed \w the|strong="H6440"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H6440"\w* [MTY] Jacob,  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* honored \w again|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 Israel \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* grapevine \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w has|strong="H5341"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* ruined,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2388"\w* Israel \w will|strong="H1870"\w* prosper \w again|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* shields \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* enemy soldiers \add who are coming to attack you\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* shine red \add as the sun shines on them\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* wear bright red uniforms.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* metal \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* chariot \add wheels\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* flash \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* line \w up|strong="H7725"\w* \add before the battle\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* soldiers \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w lift|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* cypress/pine spears \w and|strong="H3478"\w* wave \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w Their|strong="H3559"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* dash through \w the|strong="H3117"\w* streets \add of Nineveh\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* rush furiously through \w the|strong="H3117"\w* plazas.  
\q1 Going \w as|strong="H3117"\w* quick \w as|strong="H3117"\w* lightning,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* resemble flaming \w torches|strong="H6393"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 5  \add Meanwhile\add*, \w your|strong="H1984"\w* king will summon \w his|strong="H1984"\w* officers  
\q2 \w who|strong="H7323"\w* will stumble \w as|strong="H2351"\w* \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \add try to\add* come \add quickly\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H7323"\w* will \w dash|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w the|strong="H1984"\w* \add city\add* wall,  
\q2 holding \w their|strong="H1984"\w* shields \w to|strong="H7323"\w* protect themselves.   
\q1
\v 6 But, \w the|strong="H2142"\w* gates \add of the dams\add* \w on|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* rivers \w will|strong="H2346"\w* \w be|strong="H4116"\w* thrown open \add by enemy soldiers\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \add the flood will cause\add* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* palace \w to|strong="H4116"\w* collapse.   
\q1
\v 7 \w The|strong="H6605"\w* queen \w will|strong="H5104"\w* \w have|strong="H5104"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* clothes stripped \w off|strong="H6605"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* \add by enemy soldiers\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8179"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* slave girls \w will|strong="H5104"\w* moan like doves  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8179"\w* beat their breasts \add to show that they are very sad\add*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add The people will rush from\add* \w Nineveh|strong="H5324"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5927"\w* [SIM] water rushes \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* broken dam.  
\q1 \add The officials\add* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* \w shout|strong="H6963"\w*, “Stop! Stop!”  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w will|strong="H3824"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w even|strong="H5921"\w* look \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \add as they run away\add*.   
\q1
\v 9  \add The enemy attackers say to each other,\add* “Seize \w the|strong="H3117"\w* silver!  
\q2 Grab \w the|strong="H3117"\w* gold!  
\q1 \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge amount \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*,  
\q2 more valuable \w things|strong="H1992"\w* than \w anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w can|strong="H5975"\w* count!”   
\q1
\v 10  \add Soon everything valuable in the city\add* \w will|strong="H3519"\w* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* seized \w or|strong="H3701"\w* ruined.  
\q2 People \w will|strong="H3519"\w* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* trembling, \w with|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3519"\w* not \w be|strong="H3701"\w* able \w to|strong="H3701"\w* fight.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* faces \w will|strong="H3519"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w become|strong="H2091"\w* pale.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11  \add After that happens, people will say,\add*  
\q1 “What happened \w to|strong="H3820"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add great city of Nineveh\add*?  
\q2 \add It was like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* den \add full\add* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* young lions,  
\q1 where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* male \w and|strong="H6440"\w* female lions lived \w and|strong="H6440"\w* fed \w the|strong="H3605"\w* young ones.   
\q1
\v 12  \add The soldiers in Nineveh were like\add* [MET] \w lions|strong="H3715"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* killed \w or|strong="H1980"\w* strangled \add other animals\add*  
\q2 \add and brought the meat\add* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H8033"\w* dens.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 13 \w The|strong="H4390"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4390"\w* angels says \add to the people of Nineveh\add*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H1767"\w* am opposed \w to|strong="H1767"\w* \w you|strong="H1767"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1767"\w* will cause \w your|strong="H4390"\w* chariots \w to|strong="H1767"\w* \add be burned in fires and\add* go up \w in|strong="H2963"\w* smoke.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H4390"\w* \w young|strong="H3833"\w* men will be \w killed|strong="H2614"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* swords.  
\q2 \add Your soldiers\add* will never again conquer \add other nations\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3833"\w* seize \w their|strong="H4390"\w* valuable possessions.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H4390"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4390"\w* will never again take messages \add to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them\add*.”   
\c 3  
\s1 Nineveh will be punished  
\q1
\v 1 Terrible \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \add Nineveh\add*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add that is full of people who\add* murder [MTY] \w and|strong="H5892"\w* lie.  
\q1 \add The city is\add* \w full|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* seized \add from other countries by their soldiers\add*;  
\q2 \add their armies\add* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* [LIT] \w have|strong="H3605"\w* acted brutally towards \w people|strong="H1818"\w* whom \w they|strong="H3808"\w* conquered.   
\q1
\v 2 But \add now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh\add*;  
\q1 \add listen to them\add* cracking \w their|strong="H5483"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \add listen to the\add* rattle \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \add their chariot\add* wheels!  
\q1 \add Listen to\add* \w their|strong="H5483"\w* \w galloping|strong="H1725"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w their|strong="H5483"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* as they bounce along!   
\q1
\v 3  \add Look at their\add* \w flashing|strong="H3851"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w glittering|strong="H1300"\w* \w spears|strong="H2595"\w*  
\q2 \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* race forward!  
\q1 \w Many|strong="H7230"\w* \add people of Nineveh will be\add* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w*;  
\q1 \add there will be\add* piles \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w*,  
\q2 \add with the result that\add* people \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w over|strong="H3782"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w All|strong="H7230"\w* \add that will happen\add* \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \add Nineveh is like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*  
\q2 \add who lures men to where they will be ruined\add*;  
\q1 \add Nineveh is a beautiful city\add*  
\q2 \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H1471"\w* attracted/enticed \add people of\add* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \add to come there\add*.  
\q1 \add The people of Nineveh\add* taught those \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \add of other nations rituals of\add* magic,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1471"\w* caused \w them|strong="H4376"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* \w become|strong="H2181"\w* \w their|strong="H1471"\w* slaves.   
\q1
\v 5  \add So\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of Nineveh\add*:  
\q2 “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* enemy,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add cause the people in other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add completely\add* \w humiliated|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H6440"\w* [MET] \add women who have committed adultery are humiliated by\add* having \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w skirts|strong="H7757"\w* lifted \w high|strong="H1471"\w*,  
\q2 \add with the result that\add* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* naked \add bodies\add*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* will cause rubbish/garbage \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H7760"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* will \w show|strong="H7760"\w* \add others\add* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* despise \w you|strong="H5921"\w* very \w much|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* will cause \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H7760"\w* publicly ridiculed.   
\q1
\v 7 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w turn|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* backs \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* say,  
\q1 ‘\w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* absolutely \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5110"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.’  
\q2 \w No|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w regret|strong="H5162"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*!”   
\s1 The people of Nineveh will not be able to defend themselves  
\q1
\v 8 \w Your|strong="H3190"\w* city \w is|strong="H4325"\w* certainly [RHQ] \w no|strong="H4996"\w* safer \w than|strong="H3190"\w* \w Thebes|strong="H4996"\w* \add city\add* \w was|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\q2 \add Thebes was an important city\add* beside \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River\add*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w river|strong="H2975"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \add like\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* protected \w the|strong="H5439"\w* city [DOU].   
\q1
\v 9  \add The rulers of\add* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w helped|strong="H5833"\w* Thebes;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w limit|strong="H7097"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w power|strong="H6109"\w*.  
\q1 \add The governments of the nearby countries of\add* \w Put|strong="H6316"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w Libya|strong="H6316"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* also allies \w of|strong="H7097"\w* Thebes.   
\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3513"\w* Thebes \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w captured|strong="H7628"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \add its people were\add* ◄exiled/forced \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries►.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* babies \w were|strong="H1571"\w* \w dashed|strong="H7376"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \add of the city\add*.  
\q1 \add Enemy soldiers\add* ◄\w cast|strong="H3032"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/threw \w small|strong="H1571"\w* marked stones► \w to|strong="H1980"\w* decide \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w get|strong="H1980"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* official \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Thebes \add to become his slave\add*.  
\q2 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* Thebes \w were|strong="H1571"\w* fastened/tied \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w chains|strong="H2131"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w You|strong="H1571"\w* \add people of Nineveh\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* similarly \w become|strong="H1961"\w* dazed \w and|strong="H1571"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1571"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H1245"\w* places \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w hide|strong="H5956"\w*  
\q2 \add to escape\add* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1245"\w* enemies.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12  \add Your enemies will cause\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H4013"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5973"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H1061"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H8384"\w* \add each year\add*.  
\q1 \add Your city will be captured easily, like\add* [MET] \add figs that fall\add* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* [HYP] \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w shake|strong="H5128"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H8384"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H6605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w*!  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* \add as weak/helpless as\add* [MET] women!  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w your|strong="H6605"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w wide|strong="H6605"\w*  
\q2 \add to allow\add* \w your|strong="H6605"\w* enemies \add to enter them\add*,  
\q2 \add and then\add* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* those \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* burned.   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 Store up \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \add now to use when\add* \w your|strong="H2388"\w* enemies surround \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w city|strong="H4013"\w*!  
\q2 \w Repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* forts!  
\q1 Dig up \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w trample|strong="H7429"\w* \w it|strong="H4325"\w* \add to make it soft\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w put|strong="H2388"\w* \w it|strong="H4325"\w* \w into|strong="H4325"\w* molds \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w make|strong="H2388"\w* bricks \add to repair the walls\add*!   
\q1
\v 15  \add Nevertheless, your enemies\add* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* burn \w your|strong="H3513"\w* \add city\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H3772"\w* \w their|strong="H3772"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w like|strong="H8033"\w* [SIM] \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w* \add destroy crops\add*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w In|strong="H8064"\w* \w your|strong="H7235"\w* \add city\add* there \w are|strong="H8064"\w* now \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*;  
\q2 \add it seems that\add* there \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3556"\w* them \w than|strong="H7235"\w* there \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*.  
\q1 But \add when your city is being destroyed, those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear\add*  
\q2 \add like\add* [SIM] \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w* \w that|strong="H8064"\w* \w strip|strong="H6584"\w* \w the|strong="H6584"\w* leaves \w from|strong="H8064"\w* plants \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \add then\add* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w away|strong="H5774"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w Your|strong="H3045"\w* leaders \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \add also\add* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* swarm \w of|strong="H3117"\w* [SIM] \w locusts|strong="H1462"\w* [DOU]  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3045"\w* crowd together \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* stone fences/\w walls|strong="H1448"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cold|strong="H7135"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add then\add* fly \w away|strong="H5074"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w comes|strong="H3117"\w* \w up|strong="H2224"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 18 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* officials \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* dead [EUP];  
\q2 \w your|strong="H5921"\w* important \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w lie|strong="H7931"\w* \w down|strong="H7931"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w rest|strong="H7931"\w* \add forever\add*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5971"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* no \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add together\add*.   
\q1
\v 19 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add are like someone who\add* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* healed;  
\q2 \add it will be\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* causes \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* die.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* happened \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w clap|strong="H8628"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \add joyfully\add*.  
\q2 \add They will say,\add* “\w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* [RHQ] suffered \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* \add very\add* cruel \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”