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1. The Burden against Nineveh

   (Jonah 1:1–3)

2. 1ENGOJBThe burden concerning Nineveh. The sefer chazon (book of the vision) of Nachum of Elkosh.BSBBSB: This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
3. 2ENGOJBA jealous G-d and taking vengeance is Hashem; an avenger is Hashem, Ba'al Chemah (L-rd of Wrathful Fury); Hashem will take vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies.BSBBSB: The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
4. 3ENGOJBHashem is slow to anger, and great in ko'ach, and will not at all leave the guilty unpunished; Hashem hath His way in the whirlwind and in the tempest, and the anan (clouds) are the dust of His feet.BSBBSB: The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
5. 4ENGOJBHashem rebuketh the yam, and drieth it up, and maketh all the neharot (rivers) run dry; Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of the Levanon fadeth.BSBBSB: He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
6. 5ENGOJBThe mountains quake before Hashem, and the hills melt away, and ha'aretz heaveth at His presence, yea, tevel (the world), and all that dwell therein.BSBBSB: The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
7. 6ENGOJBWho can stand before Hashemʼs fury? And who can endure His charon af (burning anger)? His chemah (wrath) is poured out like eish (fire) and the tzurim (rocks) are rent in pieces before Him.BSBBSB: Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
8. 7ENGOJBHashem is tov, a maoz (stronghold) in the Yom Tzarah; and Hashem knoweth them that take refuge in Him.BSBBSB: The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
9. 8ENGOJBBut with an overwhelming flood He will make an utter end of her site, and Hashem shall pursue His enemies into choshech.BSBBSB: But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
10. 9ENGOJBWhatever plot ye against Hashem, Hashem will make an utter end of anyone doing it; tzarah (affliction) will not arise a second time.BSBBSB: Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
11. 10ENGOJBFor while they be twisted together as sirim (thorns), and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.BSBBSB: For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
12. 11ENGOJBThere is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against Hashem, a yo'etz Beliya'al (a counselor of Beliya'al).BSBBSB: From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
13. 12ENGOJBThus saith Hashem: Though they are strong, and likewise rabbim, yet shall they thus be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee O Yehudah, I will afflict thee no more.BSBBSB: 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.
14. 13ENGOJBFor now will I break his motah (yoke) from off thee, and will break thy fetters in pieces.BSBBSB: For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
15. 14ENGOJBAnd Hashem hath given a command concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown; out of the bais of thy g-ds will I cut off the pesel (graven image) and the molten image; I prepare thy kever (grave); for thou art vile.BSBBSB: 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.”
16. 15ENGOJBHinei, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth Besorah (Good News), that publisheth Shalom! O Yehudah, keep thy chagim, fulfill thy nedarim; for the Beliya'al shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.BSBBSB: Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.