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¹ THE wound of Nineveh, which is in the book of the visions of Nahum the Alkoshite.

² God is zealous, and the LORD is avenging; the LORD is avenging and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.³ The LORD is slow to anger great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked; the LORDS way is in the whirlwind and in the tempest, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.⁴ He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers; Mathnin and Carmel languish, and the flower of Lebanon withers.⁵ The mountains quake before him and the hills break loose; the earth trembles at his presence, yea, the world and all that dwell therein.⁶ Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure in the fierceness of his wrath? His fury burns like fire, and the mountains melt at his presence.⁷ The LORD is good, a great help in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him.⁸ But with a rushing flood he will make an utter end of the place of his adversaries, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

⁹ What do you imagine against the LORD? He will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.¹⁰ Because from the lowest among them up to their rulers they are rebellious, they stagger in their drunkenness; they have eaten and are filled with dry rubbish.¹¹ Out of you shall come forth one who imagines evil against the LORD and gives wicked counsel.¹² Thus says the LORD: Against the watersheds of many waters, they have run down and vanished; though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more.¹³ For now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds asunder.¹⁴ And the LORD will give a commandment concerning you: Your name shall no more be propagated from the house of your god; I will destroy the graven images and the molten images; I will make your grave hastily.¹⁵ Behold upon the mountains, the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts and perform your vows; the wicked shall no longer transgress against you, for he is utterly destroyed.