Nahum 1

1^aAn oracle concerning ^bNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

God’s Wrath Against Nineveh

^2cThe Lord is a jealous and avenging God;

the Lord is avenging and wrathful;

^dthe Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries

and ^ekeeps wrath for his enemies.

^3fThe Lord is slow to anger and ^ggreat in power,

and ^hthe Lord will by no means clear the guilty.

ⁱHis way is in whirlwind and storm,

and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

^4jHe rebukes the sea and makes it dry;

he dries up all the rivers;

^kBashan and ^lCarmel wither;

the bloom of ^kLebanon withers.

^5mThe mountains quake before him;

ⁿthe hills melt;

the earth heaves before him,

^othe world and all who dwell in it.

^6pWho can stand before his indignation?

Who can endure the heat of his anger?

His wrath ^qis poured out like fire,

and ^rthe rocks are broken into pieces by him.

^7sThe Lord is good,

^ta stronghold in the day of trouble;

^uhe knows those who take refuge in him.

⁸But ^vwith an overflowing flood

he will make a complete end of the adversaries,¹

and ^wwill pursue his enemies into darkness.

⁹What ^xdo you plot against the Lord?

^yHe will make a complete end;

trouble will not rise up a second time.

¹⁰For they are ^zlike entangled thorns,

like drunkards as they drink;

^athey are consumed like stubble fully dried.

¹¹From you came one

^bwho plotted evil against the Lord,

a worthless counselor.

¹²Thus says the Lord,

“Though they are at full strength and many,

^cthey will be cut down and pass away.

^dThough I have afflicted you,

I will afflict you no more.

¹³And now ^eI will break his yoke from off you

and will burst your bonds apart.”

¹⁴The Lord has given commandment about you:

^f“No more shall your name be perpetuated;

from ^gthe house of your gods I will cut off

the carved image and the metal image.

^hI will make your grave, ⁱfor you are vile.”

^{152 j}Behold, upon the mountains, ^kthe feet of him

who brings good news,

who publishes peace!

^lKeep your feasts, O Judah;

^mfulfill your vows,

ⁿfor never again shall the worthless pass through you;

he is utterly cut off.