נחום
Nahum
Nineveh falls. Three chapters, and the imagery does not let up.
The opening
מַשָּׂא נִֽינְוֵה סֵפֶר חֲזוֹן נַחוּם הָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי׃
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
אֵל קַנּוֹא וְנֹקֵם יְהוָה נֹקֵם יְהוָה וּבַעַל חֵמָה נֹקֵם יְהוָה לְצָרָיו וְנוֹטֵר הוּא לְאֹיְבָֽיו׃
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God, The LORD avengeth and is full of wrath; The LORD taketh vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserveth wrath for His enemies.
Translation
- The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)The Jewish Publication Society of AmericaThe 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation. Public domain, and in the English of its time.Public Domain
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