Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Nahum 1:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 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. |
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nought.
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it cometh from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away; Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
The burden of the word of the LORD upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting place: for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward the LORD: