<t /><p class="poetry">The oracle against Nineveh;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:<n id="2" />p>

In this<n id="1" /> vision I saw myself in Susa<n id="2" /> the citadel,<n id="3" /> which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">When there is no prophetic vision<n id="1" /> the people cast off restraint,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who keeps the law,<n id="3" /> blessed is he!<n id="4" />p>

Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.<n id="1" />p>

For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel.

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I spoke to the prophets;p> <p class="poetry">I myself revealed many visions;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I spoke in parables<n id="2" /> through<n id="3" /> the prophets.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> responded:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Write down this message!<n id="2" /> Record it legibly on tablets,p> <p class="poetry">so the one who announces<n id="3" /> it may read it easily.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the boy Samuel continued serving the <sc>Lordsc> under Eli&#8217;s supervision.<n id="1" /> Word from the <sc>Lordsc> was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.p>

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Hezekiah&#8217;s reign, including his faithful deeds, are recorded in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, included in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Then you<n id="1" /> spoke through a vision to your faithful followers<n id="2" /> and said:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I have energized a warrior;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I have raised up a young man<n id="4" /> from the people.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem<n id="1" /> that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah reigned over Judah.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">It will be like a dream, a night vision.p> <p class="poetry">There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel,p> <p class="poetry">those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1496; (<i>Teti>)p> <p class="poetry">Her city gates have fallen<n id="1" /> to the ground;p> <p class="poetry">he smashed to bits<n id="2" /> the bars that lock her gates.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her king and princes were taken into exile;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">there is no more guidance available.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">As for her prophets,p> <p class="poetry">they no longer receive<n id="6" /> a vision from the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.

&#8220;Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, &#8216;The days pass slowly, and every vision fails&#8217;?

&#8220;Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying, &#8216;The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.&#8217;

those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem<n id="1" /> and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,&#8221; declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;p>

Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom &#8211; and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">In the third year<n id="2" /> of King Belshazzar&#8217;s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously.<n id="3" />