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1 oracle Nineveh scroll: book vision Nahum [the] Elkoshite
Burden of Nineveh. The Scroll of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God jealous and to avenge LORD to avenge LORD and master: [master of] rage to avenge LORD to/for enemy his and to keep he/she/it to/for enemy his
A God zealous and avenging [is] YHWH, An avenger [is] YHWH, and possessing fury. An avenger [is] YHWH on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.
3 LORD slow face: anger (and great: large *Q(K)*) strength and to clear not to clear LORD in/on/with whirlwind and in/on/with storm way: journey his and cloud dust foot his
YHWH [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And YHWH does not entirely acquit, In a windstorm and in a storm [is] His way, And a cloud [is] the dust of His feet.
4 to rebuke in/on/with sea and to wither him and all [the] river to dry to weaken Bashan and Carmel and flower Lebanon to weaken
He is pushing against a sea, and dries it up, Indeed, He has made all the floods dry, Bashan and Carmel [are] languishing, Indeed, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.
5 mountain: mount to shake from him and [the] hill to melt and to lift: raise [the] land: country/planet from face: before his and world and all to dwell in/on/with her
Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And the earth [is] lifted up at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.
6 to/for face: before indignation his who? to stand: stand and who? to arise: rise in/on/with burning anger face: anger his rage his to pour like/as fire and [the] rock to tear from him
Who stands before His indignation? And who rises up in the heat of His anger? His fury has been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.
7 pleasant LORD to/for security in/on/with day distress and to know to seek refuge in/on/with him
Good [is] YHWH for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knows those trusting in Him.
8 and in/on/with flood to pass consumption to make place her and enemy his to pursue darkness
And with a flood passing over, An end He makes of its place, And darkness pursues His enemies.
9 what? to devise: devise [emph?] to(wards) LORD consumption he/she/it to make not to arise: rise beat distress
What do we devise against YHWH? He is making an end, distress does not arise twice.
10 for till thorn to interweave and like/as liquor their to imbibe to eat like/as stubble dry full
For while princes [are] perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.
11 from you to come out: come to devise: devise upon LORD distress: evil to advise Belial: worthless
From you has come forth a deviser of evil Against YHWH—a worthless counselor.
12 thus to say LORD if complete and so many and so to shear and to pass and to afflict you not to afflict you still
Thus said YHWH: “Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he has passed away. Though I afflicted you, I afflict you no longer.
13 and now to break yoke his from upon you and bond your to tear
And now I break his rod from off you, And your bands I draw away.”
14 and to command upon you LORD not to sow from name your still from house: temple God your to cut: eliminate idol and liquid to set: make grave your for to lighten
And YHWH has commanded concerning you, “No more of your name spreads abroad, I cut off carved and molten image from the house of your gods, I appoint your grave, for you have been vile.”
15 behold upon [the] mountain: mount foot to bear tidings to hear: proclaim peace to celebrate Judah feast your to complete vow your for not to add: again still (to/for to pass *Q(k)*) in/on/with you Belial: worthless all his to cut: eliminate
Behold, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, your festivals, complete your vows, For the worthless no longer pass over into you, He has been completely cut off!