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He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers;
    he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither;[a]
    the blossom of Lebanon languishes.
Mountains quake before him;
    the hills shake apart.[b]
The earth heaves before him—
    the world and all her inhabitants.
His indignation—who can stand before it?
    Who can endure his fierce anger?[c]
His wrath is poured out like fire;
    rocks are shattered before[d] him.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:4 MT reads “languishes,” but the versions reflect “withers,” which also restores the acrostic
  2. Nahum 1:5 Or “melt”
  3. Nahum 1:6 Literally “the heat of his anger”
  4. Nahum 1:6 Or “by”