KJV King James Version
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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Nahum 1:1
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
WEB World English Bible
An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
ASV American Standard Version
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Surrounding context — Nahum 1
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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 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 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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Cross-references
Zephaniah 2:13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness.Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.Zechariah 9:1The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, [shall be] toward the LORD.Genesis 10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.Nahum 2:8But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.Jeremiah 23:33-37And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, [and] brought to silence;Isaiah 14:28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.Jonah 3:3-4So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.Isaiah 19:1The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.Isaiah 22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
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