1An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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Zephaniah 2:13, Zephaniah 2:13, Jonah 1:2, Zechariah 9:1, Jonah 1:2

2The Lord is a jealous God and avenges. The Lord avenges and is full of wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

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Exodus 20:5, Zechariah 8:2, Exodus 20:5, Zechariah 8:2, Exodus 34:14

3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The Lord has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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Psalms 147:5, Psalms 147:5, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:6

4He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

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Isaiah 33:9, Isaiah 33:9, Psalms 106:9, Psalms 106:9, Psalms 104:7

5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

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Micah 1:4, 2 Samuel 22:8, Jeremiah 4:24, Micah 1:4, 2 Samuel 22:8

6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

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Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 10:10, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:2, Deuteronomy 32:22

7The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

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2 Timothy 2:19, 2 Timothy 2:19, John 10:27, John 10:27, Lamentations 3:25

8But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

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Ezekiel 13:13, Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 8:22, Ezekiel 13:13, Isaiah 28:17

9What do you plot against the Lord? He will make a full end. Affliction won't rise up the second time.

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Proverbs 21:30, Psalms 33:10, Psalms 21:11, Proverbs 21:30, Psalms 33:10

10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

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Micah 7:4, Micah 7:4, Isaiah 5:24, Malachi 4:1, Isaiah 9:18

11There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against the Lord, who counsels wickedness.

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Nahum 1:9, Nahum 1:9, 2 Chronicles 13:7, 2 Chronicles 13:7, 1 Samuel 2:12

12Thus says the Lord: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

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Joel 2:19, Joel 2:19, Isaiah 10:32, Isaiah 10:34, Isaiah 31:8

13Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart."

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Isaiah 10:27, Isaiah 10:27, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 9:4, Jeremiah 2:20

14The Lord has commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."

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Psalms 109:13, Psalms 109:13, Proverbs 10:7, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2

15Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

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Isaiah 52:7, Isaiah 52:7, Romans 10:15, Romans 10:15, Isaiah 40:9