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The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.</p> <section> <h2 class="ah">God’s Terrifying Appearance</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v41001002" class="ver">2</span><a id="rfn41001002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001002-1">*</a> A jealous and avenging God<a id="rfn41001002-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001002-2">*</a> is the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">an avenger is the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, full of wrath;</p> <p class="sl">The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> takes vengeance on his adversaries,</p> <p class="sl1">and rages against his enemies;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001003" class="ver">3</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is slow to anger, yet great in power;</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will not leave the guilty unpunished.<a id="ren41001003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41001003-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl">In stormwind<a id="rfn41001003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001003-1">*</a> and tempest he comes,</p> <p class="sl1">and clouds are the dust at his feet;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001004" class="ver">4</span>He roars at the sea and leaves it dry,</p> <p class="sl1">and all the rivers he dries up.</p> <p class="sl">Laid low are Bashan and Carmel,</p> <p class="sl1">and the bloom of Lebanon withers;<a id="rfn41001004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001004-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001005" class="ver">5</span>The mountains quake before him,</p> <p class="sl1">and the hills dissolve;</p> <p class="sl">The earth is laid waste before him,</p> <p class="sl1">the world and all who dwell in it.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn41001006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001006-1">*</a> Before his wrath, who can stand firm,</p> <p class="sl1">and who can face his blazing anger?<a id="ren41001006-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41001006-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl">His fury is poured out like fire,</p> <p class="sl1">and boulders break apart before him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001007" class="ver">7</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is good to those who wait for him,</p> <p class="sl1">a refuge on the day of distress,</p> <p class="sl">Taking care of those who look to him for protection,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v41001008" class="ver">8</span>when the flood rages;</p> <p class="sl">He makes an end of his opponents,</p> <p class="sl1">and pursues his enemies into darkness.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Nineveh’s Judgment and Judah’s Restoration</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v41001009" class="ver">9</span>What do you plot against the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">the one about to bring total destruction?</p> <p class="sl1">No opponent rises a second time!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn41001010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001010-1">*</a> Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled,</p> <p class="sl1">and like drunkards, they are drunk;</p> <p class="sl1">like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001011" class="ver">11</span>From you has come</p> <p class="sl1">one plotting evil against the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">one giving sinister counsel.<a id="rfn41001011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001012" class="ver">12</span>Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <p class="sl1">though fully intact and so numerous,</p> <p class="sl1">they<a id="rfn41001012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001012-1">*</a> shall be mown down and disappear.</p> <p class="sl">Though I have humbled you,</p> <p class="sl1">I will humble you no more.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v41001013" class="ver">13</span>Now I will break his yoke off of you,</p> <p class="sl1">and tear off your bonds.<a id="ren41001013-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en41001013-c">c</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v41001014" class="ver">14</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has commanded regarding you:<a id="rfn41001014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn41001014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">no descendant will again bear your name;</p> <p class="sl">From the house of your gods I will abolish</p> <p class="sl1">the carved and the molten image;</p> <p class="sl1">I will make your grave a dung heap.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 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