17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
    for (A)I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.

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12 For (A)I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on (B)all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: (C)I am the Lord.

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33 (A)Gladness and joy have been taken away
    from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy;
    the shouting is not the shout of joy.

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10 (A)And joy and gladness are taken away from (B)the fruitful field,
and in the vineyards no (C)songs are sung,
    no cheers are raised;
no (D)treader treads out wine (E)in the presses;
    I have put an end to the shouting.

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Then (A)I will encamp at my house as a guard,
    (B)so that none shall march to and fro;
(C)no oppressor shall again march over them,
    (D)for now I see with my own eyes.

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15 [a] (A)Behold, upon the mountains, (B)the feet of him
    who brings good news,
    who publishes peace!
(C)Keep your feasts, O Judah;
    (D)fulfill your vows,
(E)for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
    he is utterly cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew

12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
    (A)they will be cut down and pass away.
(B)Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.

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The Glorious Future of Judah

17 (A)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
    (B)who dwells in Zion, (C)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
    and (D)strangers shall never again pass through it.

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The Lord Will Punish Israel

Rejoice not, O Israel!
    Exult not like the peoples;
(A)for you have played the whore, forsaking your God.
    (B)You have loved a prostitute's wages
    on all threshing floors.
(C)Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,
    and (D)the new wine shall fail them.

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10 In little more than a year
    you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
    the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women (A)who are at ease,
    shudder, you complacent ones;
(B)strip, and make yourselves bare,
    (C)and tie sackcloth around your waist.
12 (D)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vine,

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23 (A)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on (B)the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (C)will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

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