And He will stretchout His handagainstthe northAnd destroyAssyria,And He will makeNineveha desolation,Parchedlike the wilderness.
So it will be that whenthe Lordhas completedallHis workon MountZionand on Jerusalem,[He will say], "I will punishthe fruitof the arrogantheartof the kingof Assyriaand the pompof his haughtiness."
Thereforethe Lord,the GODof hosts,will senda wastingdiseaseamong his stoutwarriors;And underhis glorya firewill be kindledlike a burningflame.
Woeto Assyria,the rodof My angerAnd the staffin whose handsis My indignation,
Then it will happenon that daythat the LordWill againrecoverthe secondtimewith His handThe remnantof His people,whowill remain,From Assyria,Egypt,Pathros,Cush,Elam,Shinar,Hamath,And from the islandsof the sea.
"Thisis the plandevisedagainstthe wholeearth;and thisis the handthat is stretchedout againstallthe nations.
So Sennacheribkingof Assyriadepartedand returned[home] and livedat Nineveh.
"Hazorwill becomea hauntof jackals,A desolationforever;Noonewill livethere,Norwill a sonof manresidein it."
"Arise,goto Ninevehthe greatcityand cryagainstit, for their wickednesshas comeup beforeMe."
"Arise,goto Ninevehthe greatcityand proclaimto it the proclamationwhichI am going to tellyou."
They will shepherdthe landof Assyriawith the sword,The landof Nimrodat its entrances;And He will deliver[us] from the AssyrianWhenhe attacksour landAnd whenhe tramplesour territory.
The oracleof Nineveh.The bookof the visionof Nahumthe Elkoshite.
Therefirewill consumeyou, The swordwill cutyou down;It will consumeyou as the locust[does]. Multiplyyourself like the creepinglocust,Multiplyyourself like the swarminglocust.
"And it will comeabout that allwho seeyou Will shrinkfrom you and say,'Ninevehis devastated!Whowill grievefor her?' Wherewill I seekcomfortersfor you?"
"So I will stretchout My handagainstJudahAnd againstallthe inhabitantsof Jerusalem.And I will cutoffthe remnantof Baalfrom thisplace,[And] the namesof the idolatrouspriestsalongwith the priests.
