From that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
Nahum 1:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) concerning Nineveh [the capital of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. American Standard Version (1901) The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Common English Bible An oracle about Nineveh: the scroll containing the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Catholic Public Domain Version The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elcesite. |
From that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went home, and dwelt at Nineveh.
An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar is laid waste in a night Moab is undone; because Kir is laid waste in a night Moab is undone.
An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,
The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or haven! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.”
Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry; but none turns back.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.
An Oracle The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and will rest upon Damascus. For to the Lord belong the cities of Aram, even as all the tribes of Israel;