15 And I will execute vengeance kk 2Th.1.8. in anger and fury upon the heathen,

such as they have not heard. CHAPTER VI.

1 God's controversy for unkindness, 6 for ignorance, 10 for injustice, 16 and for idolatry.

HEAR ye now what the LORD

(CHAP. 6.)

1 or, with. a Eze.36.1,8. b Ho.4.1.

c Je.2.5,31.

d De.4.20.
e Nu.XXII-

XXV.

saith; Arise, contend thou 1 before the mountains, a and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, Ŏ mountains, the fJu.5.11. LORD'S controversy, and ye strong 2 sons of a foundations of the earth: for b the year. LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

30 my people, what c have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

4 For I brought d thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

g Ps.51.16. h 2Ki.3.27. 3 belly.

i De. 10.12. 4 humble thyself to walk.

or, thy

name shall see that which is.

yet unto

The church compla

14 Thou shalt eat, but satisfied; and thy casting shall be in the midst of the thou shalt take hold, but shalt not liverest' will I give up to the deliver; and that which thou de

sword.

1 The church complaining, 5 putteth her confidence in God. 8 She triumpheth over her enemies.

70 is me! for I am as 1 when

W they have gathered the sum

ripe fruit.

6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come k Pr.20.10,23. before him with burnt-offerings, 8 or, be pure.

with calves 2 of a year old?

7 Ho.5.9. 7 Willg the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I m De.28.38give my first-born h for my transgression, the fruit of my 3 body for 9 or, he doth the sin of my soul? much keep

8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what i doth then LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to 4 walk humbly with thy God? 9 The LORD's voice crieth unto

40.

thee.
1Ki. 16.25-
30.

10 or, aston

ishment. (CHAP. 7.)

2 The 2 good man is perished b out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every

Iman his brother with a net.

3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince reward; and the great man, he asketh, and the judge asketh for a

uttereth 3 his mischievous desire : so they wrap it up.

4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

5 T Trust c ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up

shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

10 T6 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the 7 scant measure that is abominable? k 11 Shall I 8 count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

ings of

summer. a Ho.9.10. 2 or,godly,or,

b Is.57.1.

3 the mischief of his soul. 12 For the rich men thereof are c Je.9.4. full of violence, and the inhabit-d Is.8.17. ants thereof have spoken lies, and e Ps.37.24. their tongue is deceitful in their Pr.24.26. mouth. f Ps.27.1. 13 Therefore also will I make theeg He.12.6,7. sick in smiting thee, in making thee h Ps.37.6. desolate / because of thy sins.

8 Rejoice not against me. O mine enemy when e I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light f unto me.

9 I will bear g the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth ♬ to

The majesty of God.

the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

10 4 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: 5 now shall she be trodden i down as the mire of the! streets.

11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

12 In that day also he shall comes even to thee from Assyria, 6 and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from moun-8 tain to mountain.

13 7 Notwithstanding, the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of

their doings.

4

NAHUM, I.

B. C. 510.

or, And thou wilt se her that is mine ene my, and cover her with share.

5 she shall be for a treading down. i Mal.4.3. or, even to. or, After that it hath been. or, Rule. k Ps.23.4.

1 Ps.72.9. 9 or, creeping

things.

14 Feed thy people with thy km Ex.31.6,7. rod, the flock of thine heritage, La.3.31,32. which dwell solitarily in the wood, o Ro.6.14. in the midst of Carniel: let them p Je.50.20. feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in q Lu. 1.72,73. the days of old.

His goodness and severity.

15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvellous things. 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, and they shall move out of their holes like 9 worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth m iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, n because he delighteth in mercy.

19 He will turn again, he will have due our iniquities: and thou wilt compassion upon us; he will o subcast all their sins p into the depths of the sea.

20 Thou q wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham. which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

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

B. C. 713.

or, The
LORD is
a jealous
God, and a
revenger.

la Ex.20.5.

2

21 God is jealous, a and the LORD b Ps.9.1. revengeth; b the LORD revenge h, that hath and 2 is furious; the LORD will take fury. vengeance on his adversaries, and 3 stand up. he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

3 The LORD is slow to anger, and 4 strength. great in power, and will not at alls counsellor acquit the wicked: the LORD hath of Belial. his way in the whirlwind and in or, if they the storm, and the clouds are the would have dust of his feet. been at peace, so

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

5 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.

6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can 3 abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is

poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

7 The LORD is good, a 4 strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth thein that trust in him. 8 But with an over-running flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

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

10 For while they be folden together as thorus, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a 5 wicked counsellor.

12 Thus saith the LORD; 6 Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be 7 cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

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

14 And the LORD hath given a

The armies of God.

c Is.52.7.

15 Behold c upon the mountains 9 Belial, the feet of him that bringeth good d Is.29.7,8. tidings, that publisheth peace! 0 Judah, 8 keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for 9 the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly d cut off. CHAPTER II.

Judah and Israel being punished,
God sendeth fearful armies against
their enemies.
TE

pieces

come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

2 For the LORD hath turned away the 2 excellency of Jacob, as the 2 excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are 3 in scarlet: the chariots shall be with 4 flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: 5 they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

5 He shall recount his 6 worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the 7 defence shall be prepared.

6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be 8 dissolved.

7 And 9 Huzzab shall be 10 led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.dw

8 But Nineveh is 11 of old like a pool of water; yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall 12 look back.

1

(CHAP. 2.) or, The dis

perser, or,
hammer.

2 or, pride.

3 dyed.

or, fiery.

5 their show.

6 or, gallants.

7 covering,

The ruin of Nineveh.

12 The 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.

13 Behold, 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. CHAPTER III.

1 The miserable ruin of Nineveh: 8 No power able to resist God: 15 Their sudden destruction.

Wo 70 a to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

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

3 The horseman lifteth up both the 2 bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

5 Behold I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame 6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing-stock.

7 And 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?

8 Art thou better than 3 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? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were 4 thy helpers.

10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed b in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots c for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: d thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the ene