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Nahum

The fall of Nineveh announced.

3chapters
47verses
Nahabbreviation
OTOld Testament

How Nahum begins

The first verses of Nahum 1 in the King James Version.

  1. Nah 1:1

    The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

  2. Nah 1:2

    God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

  3. Nah 1:3

    The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

  4. Nah 1:4

    He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

  5. Nah 1:5

    The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

The 3 chapters of Nahum

Each chapter has its own page with the complete text.

Keep reading

Nahum is book 34 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 3 chapters and 47 verses in the public-domain text.