Revised Literal Translation

Nahum 1:9-15

9What do ye imagineH2803 against YhwhH3068? he will makeH6213 an utter endH3617: afflictionH6869 shall not rise upH6965 the second timeH6471.

10For while they be folden togetherH5440 as thornsH5518, and while they are drunkenH5433 as drunkardsH5435, they shall be devouredH398 as stubbleH7179 fullyH4392 dryH3002.

11There is one come outH3318 of thee, that imaginethH2803 evilH7451 against YhwhH3068, a wickedH1100 counsellorH3289.1

12Thus saithH559 YhwhH3068; Though they be quietH8003, and likewise manyH7227, yet thus shall they be cut downH1494, when he shall pass throughH5674. Though I have afflictedH6031 thee, I will afflictH6031 thee no more.2 3

13For now will I breakH7665 his yokeH4132 from off thee, and will burstH5423 thy bondsH4147 in sunderH5423.

14And YhwhH3068 hath given a commandmentH6680 concerning thee, that no more of thy nameH8034 be sownH2232: out of the houseH1004 of thy godsH430 will I cut offH3772 the graven imageH6459 and the molten imageH4541: I will makeH7760 thy graveH6913; for thou art vileH7043.

15Behold upon the mountainsH2022 the feetH7272 of him that bringeth good tidingsH1319, that publishethH8085 peaceH7965! O JudahH3063, keepH2287 thy solemn feastsH2282, performH7999 thy vowsH5088: for the wickedH1100 shall no moreH3254 pass throughH5674 thee; he is utterly cut offH3772.4 5

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Notes

1. Nahum 1:11 a wicked…: Heb. a counsellor of Belial. ↩
2. 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. ↩
3. Nahum 1:12 cut down: Heb. shorn. ↩
4. Nahum 1:15 keep…: Heb. feast. ↩
5. Nahum 1:15 the wicked: Heb. Belial. ↩

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