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NAHUM
- O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows:
- For the wicked shall no more pass through thee;
- He is utterly cut off.
- He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face:
- Keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
- For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob,
- As the excellency of Israel:
- For the emptiers have emptied them out,
- And marred their vine branches.
- The shield of his mighty men is made red,
- The valiant men are in scarlet:
- The chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation,
- And the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
- The chariots shall rage in the streets,
- They shall justle one against another in the broad ways:
- They shall seem like torches,
- They shall run like the lightnings.
- He shall recount his worthies:
- They shall stumble in their walk;
- They shall make haste to the wall thereof,
- And the defence shall be prepared.
- The gates of the rivers shall be opened,
- And the palace shall be dissolved.
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