Nahum 1:7-2:3

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⁷^(A)The Lord is good,
    ^(B)a stronghold in the day of trouble;
^(C)he knows those who take refuge in him.
⁸    But ^(D)with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,^[a]
    and ^(E)will pursue his enemies into darkness.
⁹What ^(F)do you plot against the Lord?
    ^(G)He will make a complete end;
    trouble will not rise up a second time.
¹⁰For they are ^(H)like entangled thorns,
    like drunkards as they drink;
    ^(I)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
¹¹From you came one
    ^(J)who plotted evil against the Lord,
    a worthless counselor.

¹²Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
    ^(K)they will be cut down and pass away.
^(L)Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.
¹³And now ^(M)I will break his yoke from off you
    and will burst your bonds apart.”

¹⁴The Lord has given commandment about you:
^(N)“No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from ^(O)the house of your gods I will cut off
the carved image and the metal image.
^(P)I will make your grave, ^(Q)for you are vile.”

¹⁵^[b] ^(R)Behold, upon the mountains, ^(S)the feet of him
    who brings good news,
    who publishes peace!
^(T)Keep your feasts, O Judah;
    ^(U)fulfill your vows,
^(V)for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
    he is utterly cut off.

The Destruction of Nineveh

2 ^(W)The scatterer has come up against you.
    ^(X)Man the ramparts;
    watch the road;
dress for battle;^[c]
    collect all your strength.

²For ^(Y)the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and ^(Z)ruined their branches.

³The shield of his mighty men is red;
    ^(AA)his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
    on the day he musters them;
    the cypress spears are brandished.