five  O my people, remember ywhat Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what occurred from zShittim to Gilgal, that you just may possibly know athe righteous acts from the Lord.”

fourteen  The Lord has supplied commandment about you: f“No more shall your name be perpetuated; from gthe house of your gods I will Reduce off the carved picture and also the metallic impression. hI will make your grave, ifor you will be vile.”

iHis way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are definitely the dust of his toes. four  jHe rebukes The ocean and makes it dry; he dries click here up all the rivers; kBashan and lCarmel wither; the bloom of kLebanon withers. five  mThe mountains quake ahead of him; nthe hills soften; the earth heaves in advance of him, othe world and all who dwell in it.

2 3The LORD is usually a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; 4the LORD usually takes vengeance on his adversaries and 5keeps wrath for his enemies. 3

thirteen mBehold, I am versus you, declares the Lord of hosts, and nI will burn your6 chariots in smoke, plus the sword shall devour your youthful lions. I'll Slice off your prey from the earth, and othe voice of your messengers shall not be heard.

six  pWho can stand just before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath qis poured out like fireplace, and rthe rocks are broken into pieces by him. 7  sThe Lord is nice, ta stronghold during the day of difficulties; uhe is familiar with those who consider refuge in him. eight  But vwith an overflowing flood he can make an entire close from the adversaries,one and wwill go after his enemies into darkness.

fourteen  oYou shall take in, although not be glad, and there shall be starvation within you; you shall set away, although not protect, and Anything you maintain I will give for the sword. fifteen  pYou shall sow, although not reap; you shall tread olives, although not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine. 16  For you may have saved the statutes of qOmri,six and all of the functions of your house of rAhab; and you've got walked of their counsels, that I may well make you sa desolation, and your7 inhabitants sa hissing; so that you shall bear tthe scorn of my folks.”

6The LORD is gradual to anger and 7great in energy, and 8the LORD will not at all obvious the guilty. 9His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are definitely the dust of his ft. 4

14  uDraw water for the siege; rstrengthen your forts; go in to the clay; tread the mortar; get maintain of the brick mould! fifteen  There will the fireplace devour you; the sword will cut you off.

twelve  Consequently claims the Lord, “even though These are at full energy and lots of, cthey might be Lower down and pass absent. dThough I have afflicted you, I'll afflict you no additional. thirteen  And now eI will split his yoke from off you and can burst your bonds apart.”

seventeen  Your zprinces are wlike grasshoppers, ayour scribes3 like clouds of locusts selecting the fences in a day of cold— in the event the Solar rises, they fly absent; no-one is familiar with exactly where They may be.

4  And all with the innumerable whorings on the wprostitute, xgraceful and of fatal charms, who betrays nations with her whorings, and peoples along with her charms.

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1:two). Consequently opens Nahum’s prophecy, and This is actually the information of this book on the Bible for the earth currently. The God of heaven is really a God of mercy for the penitent, yet a God of doom to the impenitent. preventing the fierce punishment with the Lord is not depending on ethnicity, class, intelligence, pores and skin shade, or family members historical past, but on repentance and faith. Nahum in Redemptive History