five O my individuals, don't forget ywhat Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from zShittim to Gilgal, that you could know athe righteous acts from the Lord.”
18 Your shepherds bare asleep, O king of Assyria; cyour nobles slumber. Your people today dare scattered over the mountains with none to assemble them.
But 23with an overflowing flood he could make a whole conclude of your adversaries,[a] and 24will pursue his enemies into darkness. nine
God's righteous and just kingdom will ultimately triumph, for kingdoms built on wickedness and tyranny have to finally slide, as Assyria did.
nine What xdo you plot towards the Lord? yHe will make an entire end; trouble will likely not rise up a next time. ten For They may be zlike entangled thorns, like drunkards since they consume; athey are eaten like stubble fully dried. eleven From you came just one bwho plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
four the top of them is dlike a brier, one of the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of eyour watchmen, of your punishment, has arrive; fnow their confusion is at hand. five gPut no believe in within a neighbor; haven't any self esteem in an acquaintance; guard hthe doorways of your mouth from her who lies inside your arms;1 six for ithe son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up towards her mom, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-regulation; ja man’s enemies would be the Guys of his individual home. seven But as for me, I will appear for the Lord; kI will watch for the God of my salvation; my God will listen to me.
3 The shield of his mighty Guys is red; shis soldiers are clothed in scarlet. The chariots have flashing metallic about the working day he musters them; the cypress spears are brandished. four tThe chariots race madly with the streets; they hurry to and fro from the squares; they gleam like torches; they dart like lightning. 5 He remembers uhis officers; vthey stumble as they go, they hasten for the wall; the siege tower4 is set up.
The book contains the "vision of Nahum" (one:one), whose identify suggests "comfort" which is connected to the identify Nehemiah, which means "The Lord comforts" or "comfort with the Lord.
They conducted their wars with stunning ferocity, uprooted full populations as point out coverage and deported them to other components of their empire. The leaders of conquered towns had been tortured and horribly mutilated prior to getting executed (see Take note on 3:3). No surprise the dread of Assyria fell on all her neighbors!
10 dDesolate! Desolation and wreck! eHearts soften and fknees tremble; ganguish is in all loins; hall faces mature pale! 11 in which is the lions’ den, the feeding area of ithe youthful lions, exactly where the lion and lioness went, exactly where his cubs have been, with jnone to disturb?
The focus of the complete book may be the Lord's judgment on Nineveh for her oppression, cruelty, idolatry and wickedness. website The book ends with the destruction of the town.
10He rebukes the sea and causes it to be dry; he dries up the many rivers; 11Bashan and 12Carmel wither; the bloom of 13Lebanon withers. five
1 Woe to pthe bloody metropolis, all comprehensive of lies and plunder— qno finish to the prey! 2 The crack with the whip, and rrumble from the wheel, sgalloping horse and tbounding chariot! three Horsemen charging, flashing sword and uglittering spear, vhosts of slain, heaps of corpses, useless bodies without conclude— they stumble more than the bodies!
two For qthe Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and rruined their branches.