Nahum 1:1–4

The pronouncementa concerning Nineveh.b The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

GOD’S VENGEANCE

2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;

the Lord takes vengeance

and is fierce inA wrath.

The Lord takes vengeance against his foes;c

he is furious with his enemies.d

3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;

the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.e

His path is in the whirlwind and storm,f

and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.g

4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up,

and he makes all the rivers run dry.h

Bashan and Carmel wither;i

even the flower of Lebanon withers.