1The LORD's Anger Against Nineveh
📜 The old Bible words
💬 In today’s words
1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1A message of doom about Nineveh. The book of the vision seen by Nahum from Elkosh.
2God 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.
2God is jealous, and the LORD takes vengeance; the LORD takes vengeance, and his anger burns hot. The LORD will pay back his adversaries, and he stores up wrath for his enemies.
3The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and he will never let the guilty go free. The LORD makes his way in the whirlwind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust stirred up by his feet.
4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
4He speaks sharply to the sea and dries it up, and he dries up every river. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade away.
5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
5The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away; the earth heaves at his presence, yes, the world and everyone who lives in it.
6Who 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.
6Who can stand up to his fury? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His rage pours out like fire, and the rocks are shattered by him.
7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
7The LORD is good, a strong refuge in the day of trouble, and he knows those who trust in him.
8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
8But with a flood that sweeps everything away he will make a complete end of Nineveh's place, and darkness will chase down his enemies.
9What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
9What are you scheming against the LORD? He will bring it to a complete end; trouble will not rise up a second time.
10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
10For though they are tangled together like thorns, and though they are soaked like drunkards, they will be burned up like bone-dry stubble.
11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
11Out of you, Nineveh, has come one who plots evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
12Thus 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.
12This is what the LORD says: "Though they are at full strength and many in number, still they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have made you suffer, Judah, I will make you suffer no more.
13For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
13For now I will break his yoke off your neck and snap your chains apart."
14And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
14The LORD has given a command about you, Nineveh: "No more descendants will carry your name. From the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the cast idol. I will dig your grave, for you are worthless."
15Behold 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.
15Look, there on the mountains, the feet of the one who brings good news, who announces peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and keep your vows, for the wicked one will never march through you again; he is completely cut off.
2The Siege and Fall of Nineveh
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💬 In today’s words
1He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
1The one who smashes everything to pieces has marched up against you. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourself, and gather all your strength!
2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
2For the LORD has stripped away the glory of Jacob as he did the glory of Israel, for the plunderers have emptied them out and ruined their vine branches.
3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
3The shields of his warriors are dyed red, and the fighting men are dressed in scarlet. The chariots flash like blazing torches on the day he gets ready, and the fir trees shake violently.
4The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
4The chariots race madly through the streets; they crash into one another in the open squares. They look like torches; they dart like lightning.
5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
5He calls up his best men, but they stumble as they march. They hurry to the city wall, and the shield of defense is set up.
6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
6The gates of the rivers are thrown open, and the palace melts away.
7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
7Huzzab is led away captive; she is carried off, and her servant girls lead her along, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.
8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
8Nineveh has been like a pool of water since long ago, but now its people run away. "Stop! Stop!" they shout, but no one turns back.
9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
9Grab the silver! Grab the gold! There is no end to the treasure, the wealth of every precious thing.
10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
10She is emptied, stripped, and left in ruins. Hearts melt, knees knock together, every body shakes with pain, and every face grows dark with dread.
11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
11Where is the lions' den now, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the old lion walked, and the lion cub too, with nothing to frighten them?
12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
12The lion tore apart enough prey for his cubs and strangled meat for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
13"Look, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts. "I will burn your chariots into smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will never be heard again."
3Woe to the City of Blood
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💬 In today’s words
1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
1How terrible it will be for the city of blood! It is full of lies and robbery, and it never lets go of its prey.
2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
2The crack of the whip, the rattle of wheels, galloping horses and bouncing chariots!
3The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
3Horsemen charge with flashing swords and glittering spears. There are heaps of the slain, piles of dead bodies, corpses without end; people trip over the corpses.
4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
4All this because of the countless prostitutions of the attractive harlot, the mistress of sorceries, who sells nations by her prostitution and families by her witchcraft.
5Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
5"Look, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts. "I will pull your skirts up over your face; I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.
6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
6I will throw disgusting filth on you and treat you with contempt, and I will make you a spectacle for everyone to stare at.
7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
7Then everyone who sees you will run from you and say, 'Nineveh lies in ruins. Who will mourn for her?' Where could I find anyone to comfort you?"
8Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
8Are you any better than Thebes, the crowded city that sat among the rivers with water all around her, whose rampart was the sea and whose wall rose out of the sea?
9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it had no limit; Put and Libya were her helpers.
10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
10Yet she too was carried off; she went into exile. Her little children were dashed to pieces at every street corner; they threw dice for her honored men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
11Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
11You too will stagger like a drunkard; you will go into hiding, and you too will look for a place of safety from the enemy.
12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
12All your fortresses are like fig trees loaded with the first ripe figs: give them a shake, and they drop right into the mouth of whoever wants to eat them.
13Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
13Look, the soldiers within you are like women. The gates of your land are flung wide open to your enemies; fire has eaten up the bars of your gates.
14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
14Draw water for the siege! Strengthen your fortresses! Go down into the clay pits, tread the mortar, and get the brick kiln ready!
15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
15Even there the fire will devour you and the sword will cut you down; it will eat you up like a swarm of young locusts. Multiply like the young locusts, multiply like the locusts!
16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away.
16You have made your merchants more numerous than the stars in the sky, but the young locust strips everything bare and then flies away.
17Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
17Your princes are like locusts and your officers like swarms of grasshoppers that settle on the walls on a cold day; but when the sun rises they fly off, and no one knows where they have gone.
18Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
18Your shepherds are asleep, king of Assyria; your nobles lie down in the dust. Your people are scattered over the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
19There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
19There is no cure for your injury; your wound is deadly. Everyone who hears the news about you claps their hands over your fall, for who has not suffered from your endless cruelty?