Nahum 1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.

² 0 For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.

³ 1 Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

⁴ 2 Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more.

⁵ 3 And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.

⁶ 4 And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced.

⁷ 5 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.

⁸ He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.

⁹ For the Lord hath rendered the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: because the spoilers have laid them waste, and have marred their vine branches.

¹⁰ The shield of his mighty men is like fire, the men of the army are clad in scarlet, the reins of the chariot are flaming in the day of his preparation, and the drivers are stupefied.

¹¹ They are in confusion in the ways, the chariots jostle one against another in the streets: their looks are like torches, like lightning running to and fro.

¹² He will muster up his valiant men, they shall stumble in their march: they shall quickly get upon the walls thereof: and a covering shall be prepared.

¹³ The gates of the rivers are opened, and the temple is thrown down to the ground.

¹⁴ And the soldier is led away captive: and her bondwomen were led away mourning as doves, murmuring in their hearts.

¹⁵ And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool, but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.