From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
Nahum 1:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The pronouncement concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.
Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger – the staff in their hands is my wrath.
A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night.
A pronouncement concerning Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.
A pronouncement concerning the desert by the sea: Like storms that pass over the Negev, it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?
A pronouncement concerning Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your haven has been destroyed. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. ,
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
‘Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.’
Nineveh has been like a pool of water from her first days, but they are fleeing. ‘Stop! Stop! ’ they cry, but no one turns back.
He will also stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin, dry as the desert.
A pronouncement: The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is its resting place – for the eyes of humanity and all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord –