,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,nahum           
,,nahum1 whose name signifies ,a        
,,comforter1 was a native of ,elcese1 or
  ,elcesai1 supposed to be a little town
 in ,galilee4 ,he prophesied1 after  the
 ten tribes were carried into captivity1

 and foretold the utter  destruction of 
,ninive1 by the ,babylonians and ,medes3
 which happened in  the reign of        
,,josias4      ,nahum ,chapter #a       
,the majesty of ,god1 his goodness to   
his people1 and severity to his         
enemies4    #a3a4 ,the burden of        
,ninive4 ,the book of the vision of     
,nahum1 the  ,elcesite4    #a3b4 ,the   
,lord is a jealous ,god1 and a revenger3
 the ,lord is a revenger1  and hath     
wrath3 the ,lord taketh vengeance on his
 adversaries1 and he is  angry with his 
enemies4    #a3c4 ,the ,lord is patient1
 and great in power1 and will not       
cleanse and  acquit the guilty4 ,the    
,lord's ways are in a tempest1 and a    
whirlwind1  and clouds are the dust of  
his feet4    #a3d4 ,he rebuketh the sea 
and drieth it up3 and bringeth all the  
rivers  to be a desert4 ,basan          
languisheth and ,carmel3 and the flower 
of ,libanus  fadeth away4    #a3e4 ,the 
mountains tremble at him1 and the hills 
are made desolate3 and  the earth hath  

quaked at his presence1 and the world1  
and all that dwell  therein4    #a3f4   
,who can stand before the face of his   
indignation8 and who shall  resist in   
the fierceness of his anger8 his        
indignation is poured out  like fire3   
and the rocks are melted by him4        
#a3g4 ,the ,lord is good1 and giveth    
strength in the day of trouble3 and     
knoweth them that hope in him4    #a3h4 
,but with a flood that passeth by1 he   
will make an utter end of the  place    
thereof3 and darkness shall pursue his  
enemies4    ,of the place thereof444    
,viz41 of ,ninive4    #a3i4 ,what do ye 
devise against the ,lord8 he will make  
an utter end3  there shall not rise a   
double affliction4    #a3aj4 ,for as    
thorns embrace one another3 so while    
they are feasting and  drinking         
together1 they shall be consumed as     
stubble that is fully dry4    #a3aa4    
,out of thee shall come forth one that  
imagineth evil against the  ,lord1      
contriving treachery in his mind4       

,shall come forth one1 etc444 ,some     
understand this of ,sennacherib4 ,but as
  his attempt against the people seems  
to have been prior to the prophecy  of  
,nahum1 we may better understand it of  
,holofernes4    #a3ab4 ,thus saith the  
,lord3 ,though they were perfect3 and   
many of them  so1 yet thus shall they be
 cut off1 and he shall pass3 ,i have    
afflicted  thee1 and ,i will afflict    
thee no more4    ,though they were      
perfect1 etc444 ,that is1 however strong
 or numerous  their forces may be1 they 
shall be cut off2 and their prince or   
leader  shall pass away and disappear4  
#a3ac4 ,and now ,i will break in pieces 
his rod with which he struck thy  back1 
and ,i will burst thy bonds asunder4    
#a3ad4 ,and the ,lord will give a       
commandment concerning thee1 that no    
more  of thy name shall be sown3 ,i will
 destroy the graven and molten thing    
out of the house of thy ,god1 ,i will   
make it thy grave1 for thou art         
disgraced4    ,will give a              

commandment444 ,that is1 a decree1      
concerning thee1 ,o king of  ,ninive1   
thy seed shall fail1 etc4    #a3ae4     
,behold upon the mountains the feet of  
him that bringeth good  tidings1 and    
that preacheth peace3 ,o ,juda1 keep thy
 festivals1 and pay  thy vows3 for      
,belial shall no more pass through thee 
again1 he is  utterly cut off4          
,belial444 ,the wicked one1 viz41 the   
,assyrian4    ,nahum ,chapter #b    ,god
 sends his armies against ,ninive to    
destroy it4    #b3a4 ,he is come up that
 shall destroy before thy face1 that    
shall keep  the siege3 watch the way1   
fortify thy loins1 strengthen thy power 
exceedingly4    #b3b4 ,for the ,lord    
hath rendered the pride of ,jacob1 as   
the pride of  ,israel3 because the      
spoilers have laid them waste1 and have 
marred their  vine branches4    ,hath   
rendered the pride of ,jacob1 etc444 ,he
 hath punished ,jacob for his  pride2   
and therefore ,ninive must not expect to
 escape4 ,or else1  rendering the pride 

of ,jacob means rewarding1 that is1     
punishing ,ninive  for the pride they   
exercised against ,jacob4    #b3c4 ,the 
shield of his mighty men is like fire1  
the men of the army are  clad in        
scarlet1 the reins of the chariot are   
flaming in the day of his  preparation1 
and the drivers are stupified4    ,of   
his mighty men1 etc444 ,he speaks of the
 ,chaldeans and ,medes sent to  destroy 
,ninive4-,ibid4 ,stupefied444 consopiti4
 ,that is1 they drive on  furiously like
 men intoxicated with wine4    #b3d4    
,they are in confusion in the ways1 the 
chariots jostle one against  another in 
the streets3 their looks are like       
torches1 like lightning  running to and 
fro4    #b3e4 ,he will muster up his    
valiant men1 they shall stumble in their
  march3 they shall quickly get upon the
 walls thereof3 and a covering  shall be
 prepared4    ,stumble in their march444
 ,by running hastily on4    #b3f4 ,the  
gates of the rivers are opened1 and the 
temple is thrown down  to the ground4   

#b3g4 ,and the soldier is led away      
captive3 and her bondwomen were led     
away mourning as doves1 murmuring in    
their hearts4    #b3h4 ,and as for      
,ninive1 her waters are like a great    
pool3 but the men  flee away4 ,they cry3
 ,stand1 stand1 but there is none that  
will return  back4    #b3i4 ,take ye the
 spoil of the silver1 take the spoil of 
the gold3 for  there is no end of the   
riches of all the precious furniture4   
#b3aj4 ,she is destroyed1 and rent1 and 
torn3 the heart melteth1 and the  knees 
fail1 and all the loins lose their      
strength3 and the faces of them  all are
 as the blackness of a kettle4    #b3aa4
 ,where is now the dwelling of the      
lions1 and the feeding place of  the    
young lions1 to which the lion went1 to 
enter in thither1 the young  lion1 and  
there was none to make them afraid8     
#b3ab4 ,the lion caught enough for his  
whelps1 and killed for his  lionesses3  
and he filled his holes with prey1 and  
his den with rapine4    #b3ac4 ,behold  

,i come against thee1 saith the ,lord of
 hosts1 and ,i will  burn thy chariots  
even to smoke1 and the sword shall      
devour thy young  lions3 and ,i will cut
 off thy prey out of the land1 and the  
voice of thy  messengers shall be heard 
no more4    ,nahum ,chapter #c    ,the  
miserable destruction of ,ninive4       
#c3a4 ,woe to thee1 #j city of blood1   
all full of lies and violence3 rapine   
shall not depart from thee4    #c3b4    
,the noise of the whip1 and the noise of
 the rattling of the wheels1  and of the
 neighing horse2 and of the running     
chariot1 and of the  horsemen coming up1
    #c3c4 ,and of the shining sword1 and
 of the glittering spear1 and of a      
multitude slain1 and of a grievous      
destruction3 and there is no end of     
carcasses1 and they shall fall down on  
their dead bodies4    #c3d4 ,because of 
the multitude of the fornications of the
 harlot that was  beautiful and         
agreeable1 and that made use of         
witchcraft1 that sold  nations through  

her fornications1 and families through  
her witchcrafts4    #c3e4 ,behold ,i    
come against thee1 saith the ,lord of   
hosts3 and ,i will  discover thy shame  
to thy face1 and will shew thy nakedness
 to the  nations1 and thy shame to      
kingdoms4    #c3f4 ,and ,i will cast    
abominations upon thee1 and will        
disgrace thee1 and  will make an example
 of thee4    #c3g4 ,and it shall come to
 pass that every one that shall see     
thee1 shall  flee from thee1 and shall  
say3 ,ninive is laid waste3 who shall   
bemoan  thee8 whence shall ,i seek a    
comforter for thee8    #c3h4 ,art thou  
better than the populous ,alexandria1   
that dwelleth among  the rivers8 waters 
are round about it3 the sea is its      
riches3 the waters  are its walls4      
,populous ,alexandria444 ,no-,ammon4 ,a 
populous city of ,egypt destroyed by    
the ,chaldeans1 and afterwards rebuilt  
by ,alexander1 and called  ,alexandria4 
,others suppose ,no-,ammon to be the    
same as ,diospolis4    #c3i4 ,ethiopia  

and ,egypt were the strength thereof1   
and there is no end3  ,africa and the   
,libyans were thy helpers4    #c3aj4    
,yet she also was removed and carried   
into cap-tivity3 her young  children    
were dashed in pieces at the top of     
every street1 and they cast  lots upon  
her nobles1 and all her great men were  
bound in fetters4    #c3aa4 ,therefore  
thou also shalt be made drunk1 and shalt
 be despised3  and thou shalt seek help 
from the enemies4    #c3ab4 ,all thy    
strong holds shall be like fig trees    
with their green  figs3 if they be      
shaken1 they shall fall into the mouth  
of the eater4    #c3ac4 ,behold thy     
people in the midst of thee are women3  
the gates of thy  land shall be set wide
 open to thy enemies1 the fire shall    
devour thy  bars4    #c3ad4 ,draw thee  
water for the siege1 build up thy       
bulwarks3 go into the  clay1 and tread1 
work it and make brick4    #c3ae4 ,there
 shall the fire devour thee3 thou shalt 
perish by the sword1  it shall devour   

thee like the bruchus3 assemble together
 like the  bruchus1 make thyself many   
like the locust4    #c3af4 ,thou hast   
multiplied thy merchandises above the   
stars of heaven3  the bruchus hath      
spread himself and flown away4    #c3ag4
 ,thy guards are like the locusts3 and  
thy little ones like the  locusts of    
locusts which swarm on the hedges in the
 day of cold3 the sun  arose1 and they  
flew away1 and their place was not known
 where they  were4    ,locusts of       
locusts444 ,the young locusts4    #c3ah4
 ,thy shepherds have slumbered1 ,o king 
of ,assyria1 thy princes shall  be      
buried3 thy people are hid in the       
mountains1 and there is none to  gather 
them4    #c3ai4 ,thy destruction is not 
hidden1 thy wound is grievous3 all that 
have heard the fame of thee1 have       
clapped their hands over thee3 for  upon
 whom hath not thy wickedness passed    
continually8