The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Micah 7:15 (NIV)

‘As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.’

 

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Micah 7:16 (NIV)

Nations will see and be ashamed,
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths
and their ears will become deaf.

 

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Micah 7:17 (NIV)

They will lick dust like a snake,
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling out of their dens;
they will turn in fear to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.

 

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Micah 7:18 (NIV)

Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry for ever
but delight to show mercy.

 

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Micah 7:19 (NIV)

You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

 

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Micah 7:20 (NIV)

You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors
in days long ago.

 

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Nahum (NIV)

1 A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

 

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Nahum 1:2 (NIV)

The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.

 

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Nahum 1:3 (NIV)

The shields of the soldiers are red;
the warriors are clad in scarlet.
The metal on the chariots flashes
on the day they are made ready;
the spears of juniper are brandished.

 

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Nahum 1:4 (NIV)

The chariots storm through the streets,
rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
they dart about like lightning.

 

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Nahum 1:5 (NIV)

Nineveh summons her picked troops,
yet they stumble on their way.
They dash to the city wall;
the protective shield is put in place.

 

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Nahum 1:6 (NIV)

The river gates are thrown open
and the palace collapses.

 

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Nahum 1:7 (NIV)

It is decreed that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan like doves
and beat on their breasts.

 

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Nahum 1:8 (NIV)

Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
‘Stop! Stop!’ they cry,
but no one turns back.

 

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Nahum 1:9 (NIV)

Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!

 

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Nahum 1:10 (NIV)

She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
Hearts melt, knees give way,
bodies tremble, every face grows pale.

 

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Big Mistake

Verses 1-10 are from chapter 2. I will redo them starting from Nahum verse 1:3

 

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Nahum 1:2 (NIV)
The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.

Continuing .......

Nahum 1:3 (NIV)

3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.

 

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Nahum 1:4 (NIV)

He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

 

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Nahum 1:5 (NIV)

The mountains quake before him
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.