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Nahum 1

 ¹ An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The Lord 's Anger Against Nineveh

 ³ The LORD is slow to anger and great in power;
       the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
       His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
       and clouds are the dust of his feet.

 ⁴ He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
       he makes all the rivers run dry.
       Bashan and Carmel wither
       and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

 ⁵ The mountains quake before him
       and the hills melt away.
       The earth trembles at his presence,
       the world and all who live in it.

 ⁶ Who can withstand his indignation?
       Who can endure his fierce anger?
       His wrath is poured out like fire;
       the rocks are shattered before him.

 ⁷ The LORD is good,
       a refuge in times of trouble.
       He cares for those who trust in him,

 ⁸ but with an overwhelming flood
       he will make an end of Nineveh ;
       he will pursue his foes into darkness.

 ⁹ Whatever they plot against the LORD
       he ^[a] will bring to an end;
       trouble will not come a second time.

 ¹⁰ They will be entangled among thorns
       and drunk from their wine;
       they will be consumed like dry stubble. ^[b]

 ¹¹ From you, O Nineveh , has one come forth
       who plots evil against the LORD
       and counsels wickedness.

 ¹² This is what the LORD says:
       "Although they have allies and are numerous,
       they will be cut off and pass away.
       Although I have afflicted you, O Judah ,
       I will afflict you no more.

 ¹³ Now I will break their yoke from your neck
       and tear your shackles away."

 ¹⁴ The LORD has given a command concerning you, Nineveh :
       "You will have no descendants to bear your name.
       I will destroy the carved images and cast idols
       that are in the temple of your gods.
       I will prepare your grave,
       for you are vile."

 ¹⁵ Look, there on the mountains,
       the feet of one who brings good news,
       who proclaims peace!
       Celebrate your festivals, O Judah,
       and fulfill your vows.
       No more will the wicked invade you;
       they will be completely destroyed.

Nahum 2

Nineveh to Fall

 ² The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob
       like the splendor of Israel,
       though destroyers have laid them waste
       and have ruined their vines.

 ³ The shields of his soldiers are red;
       the warriors are clad in scarlet.
       The metal on the chariots flashes
       on the day they are made ready;
       the spears of pine are brandished. ^[c]

 ⁴ The chariots storm through the streets,
       rushing back and forth through the squares.
       They look like flaming torches;
       they dart about like lightning.

 ⁵ He summons his picked troops,
       yet they stumble on their way.
       They dash to the city wall;
       the protective shield is put in place.

 ⁶ The river gates are thrown open
       and the palace collapses.

 ⁷ It is decreed ^[d] that the city
       be exiled and carried away.
       Its slave girls moan like doves
       and beat upon their breasts.

 ⁸ Nineveh is like a pool,
       and its water is draining away.
       "Stop! Stop!" they cry,
       but no one turns back.

 ⁹ Plunder the silver!
       Plunder the gold!
       The supply is endless,
       the wealth from all its treasures!

 ¹⁰ She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
       Hearts melt, knees give way,
       bodies tremble, every face grows pale.

 ¹¹ Where now is the lions' den,
       the place where they fed their young,
       where the lion and lioness went,
       and the cubs, with nothing to fear?

 ¹² The lion killed enough for his cubs
       and strangled the prey for his mate,
       filling his lairs with the kill
       and his dens with the prey.

 ¹³ "I am against you,"
       declares the LORD Almighty.
       "I will burn up your chariots in smoke,
       and the sword will devour your young lions.
       I will leave you no prey on the earth.
       The voices of your messengers
       will no longer be heard."

Nahum 3

Woe to Nineveh

 ² The crack of whips,
       the clatter of wheels,
       galloping horses
       and jolting chariots!

 ³ Charging cavalry,
       flashing swords
       and glittering spears!
       Many casualties,
       piles of dead,
       bodies without number,
       people stumbling over the corpses-

 ⁴ all because of the wanton lust of a harlot,
       alluring, the mistress of sorceries,
       who enslaved nations by her prostitution
       and peoples by her witchcraft.

 ⁵ "I am against you," declares the LORD Almighty.
       "I will lift your skirts over your face.
       I will show the nations your nakedness
       and the kingdoms your shame.

 ⁶ I will pelt you with filth,
       I will treat you with contempt
       and make you a spectacle.

 ⁷ All who see you will flee from you and say,
       'Nineveh is in ruins—who will mourn for her?'
       Where can I find anyone to comfort you?"

 ⁸ Are you better than Thebes, ^[e]
       situated on the Nile,
       with water around her?
       The river was her defense,
       the waters her wall.

 ⁹ Cush ^[f] and Egypt were her boundless strength;
       Put and Libya were among her allies.

 ¹⁰ Yet she was taken captive
       and went into exile.
       Her infants were dashed to pieces
       at the head of every street.
       Lots were cast for her nobles,
       and all her great men were put in chains.

 ¹¹ You too will become drunk;
       you will go into hiding
       and seek refuge from the enemy.

 ¹² All your fortresses are like fig trees
       with their first ripe fruit;
       when they are shaken,
       the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.

 ¹³ Look at your troops—
       they are all women!
       The gates of your land
       are wide open to your enemies;
       fire has consumed their bars.

 ¹⁴ Draw water for the siege,
       strengthen your defenses!
       Work the clay,
       tread the mortar,
       repair the brickwork!

 ¹⁵ There the fire will devour you;
       the sword will cut you down
       and, like grasshoppers, consume you.
       Multiply like grasshoppers,
       multiply like locusts!

 ¹⁶ You have increased the number of your merchants
       till they are more than the stars of the sky,
       but like locusts they strip the land
       and then fly away.

 ¹⁷ Your guards are like locusts,
       your officials like swarms of locusts
       that settle in the walls on a cold day—
       but when the sun appears they fly away,
       and no one knows where.

 ¹⁸ O king of Assyria, your shepherds ^[g] slumber;
       your nobles lie down to rest.
       Your people are scattered on the mountains
       with no one to gather them.

 ¹⁹ Nothing can heal your wound;
       your injury is fatal.
       Everyone who hears the news about you
       claps his hands at your fall,
       for who has not felt
       your endless cruelty?

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Revelation 14

The Lamb and the 144,000

The Three Angels

 ⁸A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."

 ⁹A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, ¹⁰he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. ¹¹And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." ¹²This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God's commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.

 ¹³Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."
      "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."

The Harvest of the Earth

 ¹⁷Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe." ¹⁹The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. ²⁰They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.^[b]