Nahum 1 NKJV

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The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.</span></p> <h3> God’s Wrath on His Enemies</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Nah-1-2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>God <i>is</i> jealous, and the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> avenges;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-2">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> avenges and <i>is</i> furious.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-2">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> will take vengeance on His adversaries,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-2">And He reserves <i>wrath</i> for His enemies;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> slow to anger and great in power,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-3">And will not at all acquit <i>the wicked.</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Nah-1-3">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has His way</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-3">In the whirlwind and in the storm,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-3">And the clouds <i>are</i> the dust of His feet.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-4">And dries up all the rivers.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-4">Bashan and Carmel wither,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-4">And the flower of Lebanon wilts.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The mountains quake before Him,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-5">The hills melt,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-5">And the earth <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>heaves at His presence,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-5">Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who can stand before His indignation?</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-6">And who can endure the fierceness of His anger?</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-6">His fury is poured out like fire,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-6">And the rocks are thrown down by Him.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> good,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-7">A stronghold in the day of trouble;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-7">And He knows those who trust in Him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But with an overflowing flood</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-8">He will make an utter end of its place,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-8">And darkness will pursue His enemies.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What do you <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>conspire against the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>?</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-9">He will make an utter end <i>of it.</i></span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-9">Affliction will not rise up a second time.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For while tangled <i>like</i> thorns,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-10">And while drunken <i>like</i> drunkards,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-10">They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>From you comes forth <i>one</i></span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-11">Who plots evil against the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-11">A <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>wicked counselor.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Nah-1-12">“Though <i>they are</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>safe, and likewise many,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-12">Yet in this manner they will be cut down</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-12">When he passes through.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-12">Though I have afflicted you,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-12">I will afflict you no more;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For now I will break off his yoke from you,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-13">And burst your bonds apart.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has given a command concerning you:</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-14"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>“Your name shall be perpetuated no longer.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-14">Out of the house of your gods</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-14">I will cut off the carved image and the molded image.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-14">I will dig your grave,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-14">For you are vile.”<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Behold, on the mountains</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-15">The feet of him who brings good tidings,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-15">Who proclaims peace!</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-15">O Judah, keep your appointed feasts,</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-15">Perform your vows.</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-15">For the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>wicked one shall no more pass through you;</span><br /><span class="text Nah-1-15">He is utterly cut off.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-22686a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:1">Nahum 1:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>oracle, prophecy</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22690b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:5">Nahum 1:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Tg. <i>burns</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22694c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:9">Nahum 1:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>devise</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22696d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:11">Nahum 1:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>counselor of Belial</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22697e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:12">Nahum 1:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>at peace</i> or <i>complete</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22699f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:14">Nahum 1:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>No more of your name shall be fruitful</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22699g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:14">Nahum 1:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>contemptible</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22700h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Nahum 1:15">Nahum 1:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>one of Belial</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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