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His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.","7":"The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.","8":"But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.","9":"Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.","10":"For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard — like stubble that is fully dry.","11":"From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.","12":"This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.","13":"For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”","14":"The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”","15":"Look to the mountains— the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. 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Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!","2":"For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.","3":"The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.","4":"The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.","5":"He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.","6":"The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.","7":"It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.","8":"Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.","9":"“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.","10":"She is emptied! Yes , she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!","11":"Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?","12":"The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.","13":"“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”"},"extras":{"1":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"s\",\"n\":1,\"x\":\"The Overthrow of Nineveh\"}],\"n\":[{\"o\":103,\"k\":\"f\",\"x\":\"Hebrew Strengthen your loins!\",\"s\":{\"it\":[[7,29]]}}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":26,\"q\":2},{\"o\":50,\"q\":1},{\"o\":70,\"q\":2},{\"o\":86,\"q\":1},{\"o\":104,\"q\":2}]}","2":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":48,\"q\":2},{\"o\":77,\"q\":1},{\"o\":116,\"q\":2}]}","3":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"n\":[{\"o\":206,\"k\":\"f\",\"x\":\"Hebrew; alternately, the spears may be of pine or juniper or fir; LXX and Syriac they are prepared, and the horsemen rush to and fro.\",\"s\":{\"it\":[[42,46],[50,57],[61,64],[81,133]]}}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":39,\"q\":2},{\"o\":84,\"q\":1},{\"o\":129,\"q\":2},{\"o\":159,\"q\":1},{\"o\":185,\"q\":2}]}","4":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":39,\"q\":2},{\"o\":68,\"q\":1},{\"o\":92,\"q\":2}]}","5":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":23,\"q\":2},{\"o\":53,\"q\":1},{\"o\":76,\"q\":2}]}","6":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":32,\"q\":2}]}","7":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":38,\"q\":2},{\"o\":56,\"q\":1},{\"o\":90,\"q\":2}]}","8":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":38,\"q\":2},{\"o\":59,\"q\":2},{\"o\":88,\"q\":1},{\"o\":112,\"q\":2}]}","9":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":21,\"q\":2},{\"o\":40,\"q\":1},{\"o\":73,\"q\":2}]}","10":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":16,\"q\":2},{\"o\":54,\"q\":1},{\"o\":80,\"q\":2}]}","11":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":25,\"q\":2},{\"o\":67,\"q\":1},{\"o\":119,\"q\":2}]}","12":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":36,\"q\":2},{\"o\":72,\"q\":1},{\"o\":106,\"q\":2}]}","13":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":28,\"q\":2},{\"o\":56,\"q\":1},{\"o\":97,\"q\":2},{\"o\":141,\"q\":1},{\"o\":182,\"q\":2},{\"o\":216,\"q\":2}]}"}},"3":{"verses":{"1":"Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.","2":"The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!","3":"Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—","4":"because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.","5":"“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.","6":"I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.","7":"Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”","8":"Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?","9":"Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.","10":"Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.","11":"You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.","12":"All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!","13":"Look at your troops — they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.","14":"Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!","15":"There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!","16":"You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.","17":"Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.","18":"O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.","19":"There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?"},"extras":{"1":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"s\",\"n\":1,\"x\":\"Judgment on Nineveh\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":26,\"q\":2},{\"o\":40,\"q\":1},{\"o\":57,\"q\":2}]}","2":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":23,\"q\":2},{\"o\":48,\"q\":1},{\"o\":64,\"q\":2}]}","3":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":19,\"q\":2},{\"o\":35,\"q\":2},{\"o\":50,\"q\":1},{\"o\":66,\"q\":2},{\"o\":85,\"q\":1},{\"o\":110,\"q\":2}]}","4":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":46,\"q\":2},{\"o\":81,\"q\":1},{\"o\":121,\"q\":2}]}","5":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":28,\"q\":2},{\"o\":56,\"q\":1},{\"o\":97,\"q\":2},{\"o\":139,\"q\":2}]}","6":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":27,\"q\":2},{\"o\":56,\"q\":2}]}","7":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":21,\"q\":2},{\"o\":51,\"q\":1},{\"o\":75,\"q\":2},{\"o\":101,\"q\":1},{\"o\":118,\"q\":2}]}","8":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"n\":[{\"o\":27,\"k\":\"f\",\"x\":\"Hebrew No-amon\",\"s\":{\"it\":[[7,14]]}}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":28,\"q\":2},{\"o\":73,\"q\":1},{\"o\":100,\"q\":2}]}","9":"{\"n\":[{\"o\":4,\"k\":\"f\",\"x\":\"That is, the upper Nile region\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":44,\"q\":2}]}","10":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":25,\"q\":2},{\"o\":50,\"q\":1},{\"o\":84,\"q\":2},{\"o\":113,\"q\":1},{\"o\":149,\"q\":2}]}","11":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":27,\"q\":2},{\"o\":51,\"q\":2}]}","12":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":34,\"q\":2},{\"o\":60,\"q\":1},{\"o\":83,\"q\":2}]}","13":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":22,\"q\":2},{\"o\":48,\"q\":1},{\"o\":71,\"q\":2},{\"o\":102,\"q\":2}]}","14":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":31,\"q\":2},{\"o\":59,\"q\":1},{\"o\":95,\"q\":2}]}","15":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":32,\"q\":2},{\"o\":60,\"q\":2},{\"o\":97,\"q\":1},{\"o\":139,\"q\":2}]}","16":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":35,\"q\":2},{\"o\":67,\"q\":1},{\"o\":100,\"q\":2}]}","17":"{\"n\":[{\"o\":11,\"k\":\"f\",\"x\":\"Or princes\",\"s\":{\"it\":[[3,10]]}},{\"o\":58,\"k\":\"f\",\"x\":\"Or marshals\",\"s\":{\"it\":[[3,11]]}}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":42,\"q\":2},{\"o\":82,\"q\":2},{\"o\":122,\"q\":1},{\"o\":157,\"q\":2}]}","18":"{\"b\":[{\"t\":\"b\"}],\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":43,\"q\":2},{\"o\":64,\"q\":1},{\"o\":107,\"q\":2}]}","19":"{\"l\":[{\"o\":0,\"q\":1},{\"o\":37,\"q\":2},{\"o\":59,\"q\":1},{\"o\":88,\"q\":2},{\"o\":111,\"q\":1},{\"o\":139,\"q\":2}]}"}}}