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¹The burden ⚓against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

God’s Wrath on His Enemies

²God is⚓jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
³The Lordis⚓slow to anger and ⚓great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
⚓The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
⁴⚓He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
⚓Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
⁵The mountains quake before Him,
The hills melt,
And the earth heaves at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
⁶Who can stand before His indignation?
And ⚓who can endure the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
⁷⚓The Lordis good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And ⚓He knows those who trust in Him.
⁸But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
⁹⚓What do you conspire against the Lord?
⚓He will make an utter end of it.
Affliction will not rise up a second time.
¹⁰For while tangled ⚓like thorns,
⚓And while drunken like drunkards,
⚓They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
¹¹From you comes forth one
Who plots evil against the Lord,
A wicked counselor.
¹²Thus says the Lord:
“Though they are safe, and likewise many,
Yet in this manner they will be ⚓cut down
When he passes through.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more;
¹³For now I will break off his yoke from you,
And burst your bonds apart.”
¹⁴The Lord has given a command concerning you:
“Your name shall be perpetuated no longer.
Out of the house of your gods
I will cut off the carved image and the molded image.
I will dig your ⚓grave,
For you are ⚓vile.”
¹⁵Behold, on the mountains
The ⚓feet of him who brings good tidings,
Who proclaims peace!
O Judah, keep your appointed feasts,
Perform your vows.
For the wicked one shall no more pass through you;
He is ⚓utterly cut off.

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¹論尼尼微的默示，伊勒歌斯人那鴻所見異象的書。

耶和華向尼尼微發怒

²耶和華是忌邪⚓、報應的上帝。
耶和華施報應，大有憤怒；
耶和華向他的敵人報應，
向他的仇敵懷怒。
³耶和華不輕易發怒，大有能力，
但耶和華萬不以有罪的為無罪。

他的道路在旋風和暴風之中，
雲彩為他腳下的塵土。
⁴他斥責海，使海枯乾，
使一切江河乾涸。
巴珊和迦密衰殘，
黎巴嫩的花草也衰殘了。
⁵大山因他震動，
小山也都融化；
大地在他面前突起，
世界和住在其間的也都如此。
⁶他發憤恨，誰能立得住呢？
他發烈怒，誰能當得起呢？
他的憤怒如火傾洩而出，
磐石因他崩裂。

⁷耶和華本為善，
在患難的日子為人的保障，
並且認識那些投靠他的人；
⁸但他必以漲溢的洪水淹沒其地方⚓，
又驅逐仇敵進入黑暗。
⁹你們籌劃何種計謀攻擊耶和華呢？
他必終結一切，
仇敵⚓不會再度興起。
¹⁰你們像雜亂的荊棘，
像喝醉了的人，
又如枯乾的碎稭，全然燒滅。

¹¹有一人從你那裏出來，
圖謀邪惡，設惡計攻擊耶和華。
¹²耶和華如此說：
「他們雖然勢力強大，人數眾多，
也要被剪除，歸於無有。
我雖曾使你受苦，
卻不再使你受苦。
¹³現在，我要從你身上折斷他的軛，
解開捆綁你的繩索。」

¹⁴耶和華已經發命令，指着你說：
「你的名下必不再留後；
我要從你神明的廟中除滅雕刻的偶像和鑄造的偶像，
我必因你的卑賤，為你預備墳墓。」

¹⁵看哪，在山上有報佳音、傳平安之人的腳蹤。
猶大啊，守你的節期，
還你的願吧！
因為惡人不再侵犯你，
他已滅絕淨盡了。