,from www4ebible4org with slight        
reformatting by ,martin ,ward4          
,book #cd ,nahum  #jja3jja ,an oracle   
about ,nineveh4  ,the book of the vision
 of          ,nahum the ,elkoshite4     
#jja3jjb ,yahweh is a jealous ,god and  
avenges4  ,yahweh avenges and is        
full of wrath4  ,yahweh takes vengeance 
on his adversaries1          and he     
maintains wrath against his enemies4    
#jja3jjc ,yahweh is slow to anger1 and  
great in power1 and will by no          
means leave the guilty unpunished4      
,yahweh has his way in          the     
whirlwind and in the storm1 and the     
clouds are the dust          of his     
feet4  #jja3jjd ,he rebukes the sea1 and
 makes it dry1 and dries up all the     
rivers4          ,bashan languishes1 and
 ,carmel2 and the flower of ,lebanon    
languishes4  #jja3jje ,the mountains    
quake before him1 and the hills melt    
away4          ,the earth trembles at   
his presence1 yes1 the world1 and all   
who dwell in it4  #jja3jjf ,who can     

stand before his indignation8  ,who can 
endure the          fierceness of his   
anger8  ,his wrath is poured out like   
fire1          and the rocks are broken 
apart by him4  #jja3jjg ,yahweh is good1
 a stronghold in the day of trouble2    
and he knows those who take refuge in   
him4  #jja3jjh ,but with an overflowing 
flood1 he will make a full end of her   
place1          and will pursue his     
enemies into darkness4  #jja3jji ,what  
do you plot against ,yahweh8  ,he will  
make a full end4          ,affliction   
won't rise up the second time4  #jja3jaj
 ,for entangled like thorns1 and drunken
 as with their drink1          they are 
consumed utterly like dry stubble4      
#jja3jaa ,there is one gone forth out of
 you1 who devises evil against ,yahweh1 
who counsels wickedness4  #jja3jab ,thus
 says ,yahweh3  ,though they be in full 
strength1 and likewise          many1   
even so they will be cut down1 and he   
shall pass away4          ,though ,i    
have afflicted you1 ,i will afflict you 

no more4  #jja3jac ,now will ,i break   
his yoke from off you1 and will burst   
your bonds apart4  #jja3jad ,yahweh has 
commanded concerning you3  ,no more     
descendants          will bear your     
name4  ,out of the house of your gods1  
will ,i cut off the engraved image and  
the molten image4          ,i will make 
your grave1 for you are vile4  #jja3jae 
,behold1 on the mountains the feet of   
him who brings good news1          who  
publishes peace6  ,keep your feasts1    
,judah6  ,perform your vows1            
for the wicked one will no more pass    
through you4          ,he is utterly cut
 off4  #jjb3jja ,he who dashes in pieces
 has come up against you4          ,keep
 the fortress6  ,watch the way6         
,strengthen your waist6                 
,fortify your power mightily6  #jjb3jjb 
,for ,yahweh restores the excellency of 
,jacob1 as the excellency          of   
,israel2 for the destroyers have        
destroyed them1 and ruined              
their vine branches4  #jjb3jjc ,the     

shield of his mighty men is made red4   
,the valiant men          are in        
scarlet4  ,the chariots flash with steel
 in the day          of his preparation1
 and the pine spears are brandished4    
#jjb3jjd ,the chariots rage in the      
streets4  ,they rush back and forth     
in the broad ways4  ,their appearance is
 like torches4          ,they run like  
the lightnings4  #jjb3jje ,he summons   
his picked troops4  ,they stumble on    
their way4          ,they dash to its   
wall1 and the protective shield is put  
in place4  #jjb3jjf ,the gates of the   
rivers are opened1 and the palace is    
dissolved4  #jjb3jjg ,it is decreed3    
she is uncovered1 she is carried away2  
and her handmaids moan as with the voice
 of doves1          beating on their    
breasts4  #jjb3jjh ,but ,nineveh has    
been from of old like a pool of water1  
yet they          flee away4  ,stop6    
,stop6 they cry1 but no one looks back4 
#jjb3jji ,take the spoil of silver4     
,take the spoil of gold1 for there      

is no end of the store1 the glory of all
 goodly furniture4  #jjb3jaj ,she is    
empty1 void1 and waste4  ,the heart     
melts1 the knees          knock         
together1 their bodies and faces have   
grown pale4  #jjb3jaa ,where is the den 
of the lions1 and the feeding place     
of the young lions1 where the lion and  
the lioness walked1          the lion's 
cubs1 and no one made them afraid8      
#jjb3jab ,the lion tore in pieces enough
 for his cubs1 and strangled            
for his lionesses1 and filled his caves 
with the kill1          and his dens    
with prey4  #jjb3jac ,behold1 ,i am     
against you1 says ,yahweh of ,armies1   
and ,i          will burn her chariots  
in the smoke1 and the sword will devour 
your young lions2 and ,i will cut off   
your prey from the earth1          and  
the voice of your messengers will no    
longer be heard4  #jjc3jja ,woe to the  
bloody city6  ,it is all full of lies   
and robbery4          ,the prey doesn't 
depart4  #jjc3jjb ,the noise of the     

whip1 the noise of the rattling of      
wheels1          prancing horses1 and   
bounding chariots1  #jjc3jjc the        
horseman mounting1 and the flashing     
sword1 the glittering spear1            
and a multitude of slain1 and a great   
heap of corpses1          and there is  
no end of the bodies4  ,they stumble on 
their bodies1  #jjc3jjd because of the  
multitude of the prostitution of the    
alluring          prostitute1 the       
mistress of witchcraft1 who sells       
nations          through her            
prostitution1 and families through her  
witchcraft4  #jjc3jje ,behold1 ,i am    
against you1 says ,yahweh of ,armies1   
and ,i          will lift your skirts   
over your face4  ,i will show the       
nations          your nakedness1 and the
 kingdoms your shame4  #jjc3jjf ,i will 
throw abominable filth on you1 and make 
you vile1          and will set you a   
spectacle4  #jjc3jjg ,it will happen    
that all those who look at you will flee
 from you1          and say1 ',nineveh  

is laid waste6  ,who will mourn for     
her8'          ,where will ,i seek      
comforters for you8  #jjc3jjh ,are you  
better than ,no-,amon1or1 ,thebes who   
was situated among          the rivers1 
who had the waters around her2 whose    
rampart          was the sea1 and her   
wall was of the sea8  #jjc3jji ,cush and
 ,egypt were her boundless strength4    
,put and ,libya          were her       
helpers4  #jjc3jaj ,yet was she carried 
away4  ,she went into captivity4        
,her young children also were dashed in 
pieces at the head          of all the  
streets1 and they cast lots for her     
honorable men1          and all her     
great men were bound in chains4         
#jjc3jaa ,you also will be drunken4     
,you will be hidden4  ,you also will    
seek a stronghold because of the enemy4 
#jjc3jab ,all your fortresses will be   
like fig trees with the first-ripe figs3
          if they are shaken1 they fall 
into the mouth of the eater4  #jjc3jac  
,behold1 your troops in your midst are  

women4          ,the gates of your land 
are set wide open to your enemies4      
,the fire has devoured your bars4       
#jjc3jad ,draw water for the siege4     
,strengthen your fortresses4            
,go into the clay1 and tread the mortar4
  ,make the brick kiln strong4  #jjc3jae
 ,there the fire will devour you4  ,the 
sword will cut you off4  ,it will       
devour you like the grasshopper4        
,multiply like grasshoppers4            
,multiply like the locust4  #jjc3jaf    
,you have increased your merchants more 
than the stars of the skies4            
,the grasshopper strips1 and flees away4
  #jjc3jag ,your guards are like the    
locusts1 and your officials like        
the swarms of locusts1 which settle on  
the walls on a cold day1          but   
when the sun appears1 they flee away1   
and their place          is not known   
where they are4  #jjc3jah ,your         
shepherds slumber1 king of ,assyria4    
,your nobles lie down4          ,your   
people are scattered on the mountains1  

and there is no          one to gather  
them4  #jjc3jai ,there is no healing    
your wound1 for your injury is fatal4   
,all who hear the report of you clap    
their hands over you2          for who  
hasn't felt your endless cruelty8