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The ^(C1)pronouncement of ^(C2)Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

A ^(C1)jealous and avenging God is the LORD; The LORD is ^(C2)avenging and ^(F1)wrathful. The LORD takes ^(C3)vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

The LORD is ^(C1)slow to anger and great in power, And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In the ^(C2)gale and the storm is His way, And ^(C3)clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

He ^(C1)rebukes the sea and dries it up; He dries up all the rivers. ^(C2)Bashan and Carmel wither, The blossoms of Lebanon wither.

Mountains ^(C1)quake because of Him, And the hills ^(C2)come apart; Indeed the earth is ^(C3)upheaved by His presence, The ^(C4)world and all the inhabitants in it.

^(C1)Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the ^(C2)burning of His anger? His ^(C3)wrath gushes forth like fire, And the ^(C4)rocks are broken up by Him.

The LORD is ^(C1)good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And ^(C2)He knows those who take refuge in Him.

But with an ^(C1)overflowing flood He will make a complete end of ^(F1)its site, And will pursue His enemies into ^(C2)darkness.

Whatever you ^(C1)devise against the LORD, He will make a ^(C2)complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice.

Like tangled ^(C1)thorns, And like those who are ^(C2)drunken with their drink, They are ^(C3)consumed Like stubble completely dried up.

From you has gone out One who ^(C1)plotted evil against the LORD, A ^(F1)(C2)wicked counselor.

This is what the LORD says: "Though they are at full strength and so they are many, So also they will be ^(C1)cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you ^(C2)no longer.

-"So now, I will ^(C1)break his yoke from upon you, And I will tear your shackles to pieces."

The LORD has issued a command concerning ^(F1)you: "^(F2)Your name will ^(C1)no longer be perpetuated. I will eliminate the ^(C2)carved image and the cast metal image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your ^(C3)grave, For you are contemptible."

^(F1)Behold, ^(C1)on the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace! ^(C2)Celebrate your feasts, Judah, Pay your vows. For ^(C3)never again will the ^(F2)wicked one pass through you; He is ^(C4)eliminated completely.