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Nahum 1 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:1 - An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

God’s Wrath Against Nineveh

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 - The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;
the LORD is avenging and wrathful;
the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries
and keeps wrath for his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:3 - The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,
and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty.
His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
he dries up all the rivers;
Bashan and Carmel wither;
the bloom of Lebanon withers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:5 - The mountains quake before him;
the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
the world and all who dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:6 - Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:7 - The LORD is good,
a stronghold in the day of trouble;
he knows those who take refuge in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,[fn]
and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:9 - What do you plot against the LORD?
He will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:10 - For they are like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
they are consumed like stubble fully dried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:11 - From you came one
who plotted evil against the LORD,
a worthless counselor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:12 - Thus says the LORD,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
they will be cut down and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:13 - And now I will break his yoke from off you
and will burst your bonds apart.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - The LORD has given commandment about you:
“No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from the house of your gods I will cut off
the carved image and the metal image.
I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:15 - [fn] Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him
who brings good news,
who publishes peace!
Keep your feasts, O Judah;
fulfill your vows,
for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
he is utterly cut off.
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ESV Footnotes
Hebrew of her place
Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
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Nahum Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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