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The burden of Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Libya were thy helpers.

Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.

And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln.

Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah , keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.