Revised Literal Translation

Nahum 1:12-15

12Thus saith Yhwh; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.1 2

13For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

14And Yhwh hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.3 4

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Notes

1. Nahum 1:12 Though…: or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away. ↩
2. Nahum 1:12 cut down: Heb. shorn. ↩
3. Nahum 1:15 keep…: Heb. feast. ↩
4. Nahum 1:15 the wicked: Heb. Belial. ↩

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