Out of that land went forth Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Nahum 1:1 - King James 2000 The burden concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkohshite. 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. |
Out of that land went forth Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
O Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff in their hand is my indignation.
The burden concerning Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
The burden concerning Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
The burden concerning the desert by the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
The burden concerning the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are wholly gone up to the housetops?
The burden concerning Tyre. Wail, you 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 you of old prophesied both 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 has come up before me.
Though Nineveh was of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
The burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.