Nahum · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Nahum 1 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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1 A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1 A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 The LORD is a jealous God and avenges. The LORD avenges and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
2 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
3 Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish. The flower of Lebanon languishes.
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish. The flower of Lebanon languishes.
5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
7 Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
8 But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.
9 What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.
10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
11 One has gone out of you who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.
11 One has gone out of you who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.
12 The LORD says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
12 Yahweh says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
13 Now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”
13 Now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”
14 The LORD has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, I will cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
14 Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, I will cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
15 Behold, 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.
15 Behold, 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.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Nahum
The Elkoshite whose book is a vision of the burden against Nineveh.
Cited in the guide: Nahum 1:1
Places
Nineveh
Capital of the brutal Assyrian Empire. Jonah's reluctant mission brought it to repentance; Nahum later prophesied its fall, which came in 612 BC.
Cited in the guide: Jonah 3:3; Nahum 1:1; 2 Kings 19:36
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Zephaniah 2:13; Zechariah 9:1; Jonah 1:2; Nahum 2:8; Isaiah 13:1
- 2 Exodus 20:5; Zechariah 8:2; Psalm 94:1; Exodus 34:14; Joshua 24:19
- 3 Psalm 147:5; Exodus 34:6–7; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 103:8; Psalm 104:3
- 4 Isaiah 33:9; Psalm 106:9; Isaiah 50:2–3; Isaiah 51:10; Joshua 3:13–15
- 5 Micah 1:4; Jeremiah 4:24; 2 Samuel 22:8; Judges 5:5; Isaiah 64:1–2
- 6 Jeremiah 10:10; Malachi 3:2; Deuteronomy 32:22–23; Psalm 76:7; Nahum 1:2
- 7 John 10:27; 2 Timothy 2:19; Lamentations 3:25; John 10:14; Psalm 91:1–2
- 8 Ezekiel 13:13; Isaiah 8:22; Isaiah 28:17; Zephaniah 2:13; Amos 8:8
- 9 Psalm 21:11; Proverbs 21:30; Psalm 33:10; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Psalm 2:1–4
- 10 Micah 7:4; Isaiah 5:24; Nahum 3:11; Malachi 4:1; Jeremiah 51:57
- 11 Nahum 1:9; 2 Chronicles 13:7; 1 Samuel 2:12; 2 Kings 18:30; 2 Chronicles 32:15–19
- 12 Joel 2:19; Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 17:14; Isaiah 7:20; Isaiah 37:36
- 13 Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 9:4; Jeremiah 2:20; Isaiah 14:25; Psalm 107:14
- 14 Psalm 109:13; Micah 5:13; Proverbs 10:7; Isaiah 46:1–2; Ezekiel 32:22–23
- 15 Isaiah 52:7; Romans 10:15; Isaiah 40:9–10; Acts 10:36; Isaiah 29:7–8
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