12 therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both (A)his ears will tingle.

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12 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster(A) on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.(B)

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13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem (A)the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; (B)I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line(A) used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe(B) out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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(A)What do you [a]conspire against the Lord?
(B)He will make an utter end of it.
Affliction will not rise up a second time.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:9 Or devise

Whatever they plot(A) against the Lord
    he will bring[a] to an end;
    trouble will not come a second time.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:9 Or What do you foes plot against the Lord? / He will bring it