Psalm 78:43-51
New King James Version
43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
44 (A)Turned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, that they could not drink.
45 (B)He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,
And (C)frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar,
And their labor to the (D)locust.
47 (E)He destroyed their vines with hail,
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also gave up their (F)cattle to the hail,
And their flocks to fiery [a]lightning.
49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger,
Wrath, indignation, and trouble,
By sending angels of destruction among them.
50 He made a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave [b]their life over to the plague,
51 And destroyed all the (G)firstborn in Egypt,
The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:48 lightning bolts
- Psalm 78:50 Or their beasts
Jeremiah 50:9-15
New King James Version
9 (A)For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of [a]an expert warrior;
(B)None shall return in vain.
10 And Chaldea shall become plunder;
(C)All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the Lord.
11 “Because(D) you were glad, because you rejoiced,
You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat (E)like a heifer threshing grain,
And you [b]bellow like bulls,
12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed;
She who bore you shall be ashamed.
Behold, the least of the nations shall be a (F)wilderness,
A dry land and a desert.
13 Because of the wrath of the Lord
She shall not be inhabited,
(G)But she shall be wholly desolate.
(H)Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified
And hiss at all her plagues.
14 “Put(I) yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
All you who bend the bow;
Shoot at her, spare no arrows,
For she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Shout against her all around;
She has (J)given her hand,
Her foundations have fallen,
(K)Her walls are thrown down;
For (L)it is the vengeance of the Lord.
Take vengeance on her.
As she has done, so do to her.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:9 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr.; MT, Tg., Vg. a warrior who makes childless
- Jeremiah 50:11 Or neigh like steeds
Nahum 1:1-14
New King James Version
God’s Mercy and Judgment
1 The [a]burden (A)against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
God’s Wrath on His Enemies
2 God is (B)jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
3 The Lord is (C)slow to anger and (D)great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
(E)The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4 (F)He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
(G)Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
5 The mountains quake before Him,
The hills melt,
And the earth [b]heaves at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before His indignation?
And (H)who can endure the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7 (I)The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And (J)He knows those who trust in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
9 (K)What do you [c]conspire against the Lord?
(L)He will make an utter end of it.
Affliction will not rise up a second time.
10 For while tangled (M)like thorns,
(N)And while drunken like drunkards,
(O)They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
11 From you comes forth one
Who plots evil against the Lord,
A [d]wicked counselor.
12 Thus says the Lord:
“Though they are [e]safe, and likewise many,
Yet in this manner they will be (P)cut down
When he passes through.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more;
13 For now I will break off his yoke from you,
And burst your bonds apart.”
14 The Lord has given a command concerning you:
[f]“Your name shall be perpetuated no longer.
Out of the house of your gods
I will cut off the carved image and the molded image.
I will dig your (Q)grave,
For you are (R)vile.”[g]
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:1 oracle, prophecy
- Nahum 1:5 Tg. burns
- Nahum 1:9 Or devise
- Nahum 1:11 Lit. counselor of Belial
- Nahum 1:12 Or at peace or complete
- Nahum 1:14 Lit. No more of your name shall be fruitful
- Nahum 1:14 Or contemptible
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