\id NAM 34-NAM-web.sfm World English Bible (WEB) \ide UTF-8 \h Nahum \toc1 The Book of Nahum \toc2 Nahum \toc3 Nah \mt2 The Book of \mt1 Nahum \c 1 \p \v 1 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* revelation \w about|strong="H4853"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*. \w The|strong="H5612"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H5612"\w* \w the|strong="H5612"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \w of|strong="H5612"\w* \w Nahum|strong="H5151"\w* \w the|strong="H5612"\w* Elkoshite. \v 2 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*\f + \fr 1:2 \ft When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “\+wh יהוה\+wh*”, usually pronounced Yahweh).\f* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7072"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*\f + \fr 1:2 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “\+wh אֱלֹהִ֑ים\+wh*” (Elohim).\f* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* avenges. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* avenges \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* full \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w takes|strong="H5358"\w* \w vengeance|strong="H5358"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* maintains \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w against|strong="H6862"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*. \v 3 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* slow \w to|strong="H3068"\w* anger, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w means|strong="H5352"\w* \w leave|strong="H5352"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* guilty \w unpunished|strong="H5352"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w storm|strong="H5492"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* dust \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \v 4 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w rebukes|strong="H1605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w makes|strong="H3001"\w* \w it|strong="H3001"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w dries|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w*. \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* languish. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w flower|strong="H6525"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* languishes. \v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w quake|strong="H7493"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w melt|strong="H4127"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* earth trembles \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, yes, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*. \v 6 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w indignation|strong="H2195"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w endure|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w*? \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w like|strong="H2534"\w* fire, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w broken|strong="H5422"\w* apart \w by|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \v 7 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stronghold|strong="H4581"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H2620"\w* \w refuge|strong="H2620"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3045"\w*. \v 8 \w But|strong="H7291"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w overflowing|strong="H7858"\w* \w flood|strong="H7858"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4725"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H3617"\w* \w end|strong="H3617"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4725"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* enemies \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*. \v 9 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w plot|strong="H2803"\w* \w against|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*? \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H3617"\w* \w end|strong="H3617"\w*. \w Affliction|strong="H6869"\w* won’t \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* second \w time|strong="H6471"\w*. \v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w entangled|strong="H5440"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w thorns|strong="H5518"\w*, \w and|strong="H5704"\w* \w drunken|strong="H5433"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w drink|strong="H5435"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4390"\w* consumed \w utterly|strong="H5704"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w dry|strong="H3002"\w* \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*. \v 11 \w One|strong="H4480"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w devises|strong="H2803"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* counsels \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*. \p \v 12 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “Though \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H8003"\w* strength \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w likewise|strong="H3651"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, \w even|strong="H5750"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w cut|strong="H1494"\w* \w down|strong="H1494"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w*. Though \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*. \v 13 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* will \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H4132"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7665"\w* will \w burst|strong="H5423"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w bonds|strong="H4147"\w* \w apart|strong="H5423"\w*.” \p \v 14 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*: “\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bear \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w Out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* gods, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* engraved \w image|strong="H6459"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w molten|strong="H4541"\w* \w image|strong="H6459"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w vile|strong="H7043"\w*.” \p \v 15 Behold,\f + \fr 1:15 \ft “Behold”, from “\+wh הִנֵּה\+wh*”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off. \c 2 \p \v 1 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* dashes \w in|strong="H5921"\w* pieces \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w come|strong="H5674"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Keep|strong="H2287"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fortress! \w Watch|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H5674"\w*! Strengthen \w your|strong="H3605"\w* waist! Fortify \w your|strong="H3605"\w* power mightily! \p \v 2 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* restores \w the|strong="H6440"\w* excellency \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Jacob \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* excellency \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Israel, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* destroyers \w have|strong="H5921"\w* destroyed \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* ruined \w their|strong="H6440"\w* vine branches. \p \v 3 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* shield \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7725"\w* red. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* valiant \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* scarlet. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* chariots flash \w with|strong="H3068"\w* steel \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* day \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* preparation, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* pine spears \w are|strong="H3478"\w* brandished. \v 4 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* rage \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* streets. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* rush back \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w forth|strong="H3559"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* wide ways. \w Their|strong="H3559"\w* appearance \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H4043"\w* \w torches|strong="H6393"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* run \w like|strong="H4043"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* lightnings. \v 5 \w He|strong="H2351"\w* summons \w his|strong="H1984"\w* picked troops. \w They|strong="H7323"\w* stumble \w on|strong="H7323"\w* \w their|strong="H1984"\w* way. \w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w dash|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w its|strong="H1984"\w* wall, \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w the|strong="H1984"\w* protective shield \w is|strong="H4758"\w* put \w in|strong="H7393"\w* place. \v 6 \w The|strong="H2142"\w* gates \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* rivers \w are|strong="H3782"\w* opened, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* palace is dissolved. \v 7 \w It|strong="H4127"\w* \w is|strong="H8179"\w* decreed: she \w is|strong="H8179"\w* uncovered, she \w is|strong="H8179"\w* carried \w away|strong="H4127"\w*; \w and|strong="H8179"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w* servants moan \w as|strong="H8179"\w* \w with|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* voice \w of|strong="H8179"\w* doves, beating \w on|strong="H5104"\w* their breasts. \v 8 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5324"\w* has \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* old \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pool \w of|strong="H6963"\w* water, \w yet|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* flee \w away|strong="H1540"\w*. “Stop! Stop!” \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w cry|strong="H6963"\w*, \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H5324"\w* looks \w back|strong="H5927"\w*. \v 9 \w Take|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* plunder \w of|strong="H3117"\w* silver. \w Take|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* plunder \w of|strong="H3117"\w* gold, \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H5975"\w* end \w of|strong="H3117"\w* treasure, an abundance \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w every|strong="H5127"\w* precious \w thing|strong="H1931"\w*. \v 10 \w She|strong="H3627"\w* \w is|strong="H3701"\w* empty, void, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* waste. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* heart melts, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* knees knock together, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* bodies \w and|strong="H3701"\w* faces \w have|strong="H3605"\w* grown pale. \v 11 Where \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* den \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lions, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* feeding \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* young lions, where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lion \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lioness walked \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lion’s cubs, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* afraid? \v 12 \w The|strong="H8033"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* tore \w in|strong="H1980"\w* pieces enough \w for|strong="H8033"\w* \w his|strong="H1980"\w* \w cubs|strong="H1482"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* strangled prey \w for|strong="H8033"\w* \w his|strong="H1980"\w* \w lionesses|strong="H3833"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* filled \w his|strong="H1980"\w* caves \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* kill \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H1980"\w* dens \w with|strong="H1980"\w* prey. \v 13 “Behold, \w I|strong="H1767"\w* am against \w you|strong="H1767"\w*,” says \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* Armies, “\w and|strong="H3833"\w* \w I|strong="H1767"\w* will burn \w her|strong="H4390"\w* chariots \w in|strong="H2963"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* smoke, \w and|strong="H3833"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* sword will devour \w your|strong="H4390"\w* \w young|strong="H3833"\w* \w lions|strong="H3833"\w*; \w and|strong="H3833"\w* \w I|strong="H1767"\w* will cut off \w your|strong="H4390"\w* \w prey|strong="H2964"\w* \w from|strong="H1767"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H3833"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* voice \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H4390"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4390"\w* will no longer be heard.” \c 3 \p \v 1 \w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*! 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