< Nahum 1 >

1 oracle Nineveh scroll: book vision Nahum [the] Elkoshite
THE BURDEN of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God jealous and to avenge LORD to avenge LORD and master: [master of] rage to avenge LORD to/for enemy his and to keep he/she/it to/for enemy his
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God, the LORD avengeth and is full of wrath; the LORD taketh vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies.
3 LORD slow face: anger (and great: large *Qk) strength and to clear not to clear LORD in/on/with whirlwind and in/on/with storm way: journey his and cloud dust foot his
The LORD is long-suffering, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty; the LORD, in the whirlwind and in the storm is His way, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4 to rebuke in/on/with sea and to wither him and all [the] river to dry to weaken Bashan and Carmel and flower Lebanon to weaken
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers; Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 mountain: mount to shake from him and [the] hill to melt and to lift: raise [the] land: country/planet from face: before his and world and all to dwell in/on/with her
The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 to/for face: before indignation his who? to stand: stand and who? to arise: rise in/on/with burning anger face: anger his rage his to pour like/as fire and [the] rock to tear from him
Who can stand before His indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder before Him.
7 pleasant LORD to/for security in/on/with day distress and to know to seek refuge in/on/with him
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that take refuge in Him.
8 and in/on/with flood to pass consumption to make place her and enemy his to pursue darkness
But with an overrunning flood He will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.
9 what? to devise: devise [emph?] to(wards) LORD consumption he/she/it to make not to arise: rise beat distress
What do ye devise against the LORD? He will make a full end; trouble shall not rise up the second time.
10 for till thorn to interweave and like/as liquor their to imbibe to eat like/as stubble dry full
For though they be like tangled thorns, and be drunken according to their drink, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
11 from you to come out: come to devise: devise upon LORD distress: evil to advise Belial: worthless
Out of thee came he forth, that deviseth evil against the LORD, that counselleth wickedness.
12 thus to say LORD if complete and so many and so to shear and to pass and to afflict you not to afflict you still
Thus saith the LORD: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away; and though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 and now to break yoke his from upon you and bond your to tear
And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14 and to command upon you LORD not to sow from name your still from house: temple God your to cut: eliminate idol and liquid to set: make grave your for to lighten
And the LORD hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown; out of the house of thy god will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art become worthless.
15 behold upon [the] mountain: mount foot to bear tidings to hear: proclaim peace to celebrate Judah feast your to complete vow your for not to add: again still (to/for to pass *Qk) in/on/with you Belial: worthless all his to cut: eliminate
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that announceth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

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