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\id NAM - Berean Study Bible
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\h Nahum
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\toc1 Nahum
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\mt1 Nahum
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\c 1
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\s1 The Burden against Nineveh
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\r (Jonah 1:1–3)
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\b
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\m
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\v 1 This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
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\b
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\q1
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\v 2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;
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\q2 the LORD is avenging and full of wrath.
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\q1 The LORD takes vengeance on His foes
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\q2 and reserves wrath for His enemies.
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\q1
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\v 3 The LORD is slow to anger
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\q2 and great in power;
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\q1 the LORD will by no means
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\q2 leave the guilty unpunished.
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\q1 His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
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\q2 and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
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\q1
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\v 4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
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\q2 He makes all the rivers run dry.
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\q1 Bashan and Carmel wither,
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\q2 and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
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\q1
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\v 5 The mountains quake before Him,
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\q2 and the hills melt away;
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\q1 the earth trembles at His presence—
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\q2 the world and all its dwellers.
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\q1
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\v 6 Who can withstand His indignation?
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\q2 Who can endure His burning anger?
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\q1 His wrath is poured out like fire;
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\q2 even rocks are shattered before Him.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 7 The LORD is good,
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\q2 a stronghold in the day of distress;
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\q2 He cares for those who trust in Him.
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\q1
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\v 8 But with an overwhelming flood
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\q2 He will make an end of Nineveh \f + \fr 1:8 \ft Literally of her place\f*
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\q2 and pursue His enemies into darkness.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 9 Whatever you plot against the LORD,
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\q2 He will bring to an end.
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\q1 Affliction will not rise up
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\q2 a second time.
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\q1
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\v 10 For they will be entangled as with thorns
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\q2 and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—
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\q2 like stubble that is fully dry.
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\q1
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\v 11 From you, O Nineveh, comes forth
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\q2 a plotter of evil against the LORD,
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\q2 a counselor of wickedness.
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\b
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\m
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\v 12 This is what the LORD says:
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\b
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\q1 “Though they are allied and numerous,
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\q2 yet they will be cut down and pass away.
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\q1 Though I have afflicted you, O Judah,
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\q2 I will afflict you no longer.
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\q1
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\v 13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck
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\q2 and tear away your shackles.”
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\m
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\v 14 The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh:
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\b
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\q1 “There will be no descendants
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\q2 to carry on your name.
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\q1 I will cut off the carved image and cast idol
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\q2 from the house of your gods;
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\q1 I will prepare your grave,
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\q2 for you are contemptible.”
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\b
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\q1
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\v 15 Look to the mountains—
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\q2 the feet of one who brings good news,
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\q2 who proclaims peace!
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\q1 Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;
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\q2 fulfill your vows.
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\q1 For the wicked will never again march through you;
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\q2 they will be utterly cut off.
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\c 2
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\s1 The Overthrow of Nineveh
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\b
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\q1
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\v 1 One who scatters advances
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\q2 against you, O Nineveh.
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\q1 Guard the fortress!
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\q2 Watch the road!
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\q1 Brace yourselves!\f + \fr 2:1 \ft Hebrew Strengthen your loins!\f*
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\q2 Summon all your strength!
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\b
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\q1
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\v 2 For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob
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\q2 like the splendor of Israel,
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\q1 though destroyers have laid them waste
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\q2 and ruined the branches of their vine.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 3 The shields of his mighty men are red;
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\q2 the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet.
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\q1 The fittings of the chariots flash like fire
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\q2 on the day they are prepared,
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\q1 and the spears of cypress
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\q2 have been brandished.\f + \fr 2:3 \ft Hebrew; alternately, the spears may be of pine or juniper or fir; LXX and Syriac they are prepared, and the horsemen rush to and fro.\f*
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\q1
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\v 4 The chariots dash through the streets;
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\q2 they rush around the plazas,
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\q1 appearing like torches,
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\q2 darting about like lightning.
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\q1
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\v 5 He summons his nobles;
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\q2 they stumble as they advance.
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\q1 They race to its wall;
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\q2 the protective shield is set in place.
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\q1
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\v 6 The river gates are thrown open
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\q2 and the palace collapses.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 7 It is decreed that the city be exiled
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\q2 and carried away;
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\q1 her maidservants moan like doves,
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\q2 and beat upon their breasts.
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\q1
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\v 8 Nineveh has been like a pool of water
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\q2 throughout her days,
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\q2 but now it is draining away.
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\q1 “Stop! Stop!” they cry,
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\q2 but no one turns back.
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\q1
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\v 9 “Plunder the silver!
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\q2 Plunder the gold!”
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\q1 There is no end to the treasure,
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\q2 an abundance of every precious thing.
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\q1
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\v 10 She is emptied!
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\q2 Yes, she is desolate and laid waste!
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\q1 Hearts melt, knees knock,
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\q2 bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
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\b
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\q1
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\v 11 Where is the lions’ lair
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\q2 or the feeding ground of the young lions,
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\q1 where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs,
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\q2 with nothing to frighten them away?
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\q1
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\v 12 The lion mauled enough for its cubs
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\q2 and strangled prey for the lioness.
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\q1 It filled its dens with the kill,
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\q2 and its lairs with mauled prey.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 13 “Behold, I am against you,”
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\q2 declares the LORD of Hosts.
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\q1 “I will send your chariots up in smoke,
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\q2 and the sword will devour your young lions.
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\q1 I will cut off your prey from the earth,
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\q2 and the voices of your messengers
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\q2 will no longer be heard.”
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\c 3
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\s1 Judgment on Nineveh
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\b
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\q1
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\v 1 Woe to the city of blood,
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\q2 full of lies,
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\q1 full of plunder,
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\q2 never without prey.
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\q1
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\v 2 The crack of the whip,
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\q2 the rumble of the wheel,
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\q1 galloping horse
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\q2 and bounding chariot!
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\q1
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\v 3 Charging horseman,
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\q2 flashing sword,
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\q2 shining spear;
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\q1 heaps of slain,
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\q2 mounds of corpses,
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\q1 dead bodies without end—
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\q2 they stumble over their dead—
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\q1
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\v 4 because of the many harlotries of the harlot,
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\q2 the seductive mistress of sorcery,
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\q1 who betrays nations by her prostitution
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\q2 and clans by her witchcraft.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 5 “Behold, I am against you,”
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\q2 declares the LORD of Hosts.
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\q1 “I will lift your skirts over your face.
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\q2 I will show your nakedness to the nations
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\q2 and your shame to the kingdoms.
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\q1
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\v 6 I will pelt you with filth
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\q2 and treat you with contempt;
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\q2 I will make a spectacle of you.
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\q1
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\v 7 Then all who see you
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\q2 will recoil from you and say,
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\q1 ‘Nineveh is devastated;
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\q2 who will grieve for her?’
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\q1 Where can I find
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\q2 comforters for you?”
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\b
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\q1
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\v 8 Are you better than Thebes,\f + \fr 3:8 \ft Hebrew No-amon\f*
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\q2 stationed by the Nile with water around her,
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\q1 whose rampart was the sea,
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\q2 whose wall was the water?
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\q1
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\v 9 Cush \f + \fr 3:9 \ft That is, the upper Nile region\f* and Egypt were her boundless strength;
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\q2 Put and Libya were her allies.
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\q1
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\v 10 Yet she became an exile;
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\q2 she went into captivity.
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\q1 Her infants were dashed to pieces
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\q2 at the head of every street.
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\q1 They cast lots for her dignitaries,
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\q2 and all her nobles were bound in chains.
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\q1
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\v 11 You too will become drunk;
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\q2 you will go into hiding
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\q2 and seek refuge from the enemy.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 12 All your fortresses are fig trees
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\q2 with the first ripe figs;
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\q1 when shaken, they fall
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\q2 into the mouth of the eater!
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\b
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\q1
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\v 13 Look at your troops—
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\q2 they are like your women!
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\q1 The gates of your land
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\q2 are wide open to your enemies;
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\q2 fire consumes their bars.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 14 Draw your water for the siege;
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\q2 strengthen your fortresses.
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\q1 Work the clay and tread the mortar;
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\q2 repair the brick kiln!
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\q1
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\v 15 There the fire will devour you;
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\q2 the sword will cut you down
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\q2 and consume you like a young locust.
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\q1 Make yourself many like the young locust;
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\q2 make yourself many like the swarming locust!
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\q1
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\v 16 You have multiplied your merchants
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\q2 more than the stars of the sky.
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\q1 The young locust strips the land
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\q2 and flies away.
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\q1
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\v 17 Your guards \f + \fr 3:17 \ft Or princes\f* are like the swarming locust,
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\q2 and your scribes \f + \fr 3:17 \ft Or marshals\f* like clouds of locusts
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\q2 that settle on the walls on a cold day.
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\q1 When the sun rises, they fly away,
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\q2 and no one knows where.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 18 O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;
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\q2 your officers sleep.
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\q1 Your people are scattered on the mountains
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\q2 with no one to gather them.
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\q1
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\v 19 There is no healing for your injury;
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\q2 your wound is severe.
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\q1 All who hear the news of you
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\q2 applaud your downfall,
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\q1 for who has not experienced
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\q2 your constant cruelty?
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