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The Lord’s Rebuke to Assyria

12 This is what the Lord says:
“No matter how strong they are,[a]
    and no matter how numerous,
        they will surely be annihilated[b] and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,[c]
    I will do so no more.
13 Now I will break off Assyria’s[d] yoke from you,
    and tear apart your shackles.”

14 Now this is what the Lord has decreed about you, Nineveh:[e]
    “There will be no more children born[f] to carry on your name.
I will cut out the graven and molten images from the temples of your gods.
    I myself will dig your grave,
        because you are vile.”

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:12 The Heb. lacks they are
  2. Nahum 1:12 Lit. be cut down
  3. Nahum 1:12 The Heb. lacks you
  4. Nahum 1:13 Lit. his
  5. Nahum 1:14 The Heb. lacks Nineveh
  6. Nahum 1:14 Lit. sown