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Behold, upon the mountains
are the feet[a] of him bringing good news,[b]
    proclaiming shalom.
O Judah, celebrate your festivals!
Fulfill your vows!
For never again will Belial pass through you.
He has been utterly cut off.

Devastation of Nineveh

A shatterer has come up against you.
Guard the rampart! Watch the way!
Chazak! Be very courageous!
For Adonai turned aside Jacob’s pride
like Israel’s pride—
for spoilers emptied them out
and ruined their vine branches.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:1 Christian texts number chapter 2:1-14 as chapter 1:15-2:13.
  2. Nahum 2:1 cf. Acts 10:36; Rom. 10:15.