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12 This is what the Lord says:
“Though the Assyrians have many allies,
    they will be destroyed and disappear.
O my people, I have punished you before,
    but I will not punish you again.

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12 This is what the Lord says:

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
    they will be destroyed(A) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
    I will afflict you no more.(B)

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19 The Lord will reply,
“Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil,
    enough to satisfy your needs.
You will no longer be an object of mockery
    among the surrounding nations.

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19 The Lord replied[a] to them:

“I am sending you grain, new wine(A) and olive oil,(B)
    enough to satisfy you fully;(C)
never again will I make you
    an object of scorn(D) to the nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:19 Or Lord will be jealous … / and take pity … / 19 The Lord will reply

16 They will never again be hungry or thirsty;
    they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.

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16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
    never again will they thirst.(A)
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
    nor any scorching heat.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10

15 [a]Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news!
    He is bringing a message of peace.
Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah,
    and fulfill all your vows,
for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again.
    They will be completely destroyed!

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Footnotes

  1. 1:15 Verse 1:15 is numbered 2:1 in Hebrew text.

15 Look, there on the mountains,
    the feet of one who brings good news,(A)
    who proclaims peace!(B)
Celebrate your festivals,(C) Judah,
    and fulfill your vows.
No more will the wicked invade you;(D)
    they will be completely destroyed.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:15 In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.

10 However, the sons of the king of the north will assemble a mighty army that will advance like a flood and carry the battle as far as the enemy’s fortress.

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10 His sons will prepare for war and assemble a great army, which will sweep on like an irresistible flood(A) and carry the battle as far as his fortress.

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22 This is what the Sovereign Lord,
    your God and Defender, says:
“See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands.
    You will drink no more of my fury.

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22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends(A) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup(B) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.

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36 That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians[a] woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.

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  1. 37:36 Hebrew When they.

36 Then the angel(A) of the Lord went out and put to death(B) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(C) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

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“The Assyrians will be destroyed,
    but not by the swords of men.
The sword of God will strike them,
    and they will panic and flee.
The strong young Assyrians
    will be taken away as captives.

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“Assyria(A) will fall by no human sword;
    a sword, not of mortals, will devour(B) them.
They will flee before the sword
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.(C)

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19 O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem,
    you will weep no more.
He will be gracious if you ask for help.
    He will surely respond to the sound of your cries.

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19 People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.(A) How gracious he will be when you cry for help!(B) As soon as he hears, he will answer(C) you.

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14 In the evening Israel waits in terror,
    but by dawn its enemies are dead.
This is the just reward of those who plunder us,
    a fitting end for those who destroy us.

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14 In the evening, sudden(A) terror!(B)
    Before the morning, they are gone!(C)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

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A Message about Assyria

24 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sworn this oath:

“It will all happen as I have planned.
    It will be as I have decided.
25 I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;
    I will trample them on my mountains.
My people will no longer be their slaves
    nor bow down under their heavy loads.
26 I have a plan for the whole earth,
    a hand of judgment upon all the nations.
27 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken—
    who can change his plans?
When his hand is raised,
    who can stop him?”

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24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(A)

“Surely, as I have planned,(B) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(C)
25 I will crush the Assyrian(D) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(E) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(F)

26 This is the plan(G) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(H) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(I) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(J) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(K)

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32 The enemy stops at Nob for the rest of that day.
    He shakes his fist at beautiful Mount Zion, the mountain of Jerusalem.

33 But look! The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power!
He will cut down the proud.
    That lofty tree will be brought down.
34 He will cut down the forest trees with an ax.
    Lebanon will fall to the Mighty One.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:34 Or with an ax / as even the mighty trees of Lebanon fall.

32 This day they will halt at Nob;(A)
    they will shake their fist(B)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(C)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(D) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(E)
    the tall(F) ones will be brought low.(G)
34 He will cut down(H) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(I) will fall before the Mighty One.(J)

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and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.

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and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(A)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(B) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.