Nahum 1:1–8

Yahweh’s Wrath Against Nineveh

¹The ^1aoracle of ^bNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Aleph

²A ^ajealous and avenging God is ¹Yahweh;

Yahweh is ^bavenging and ²wrathful.

Yahweh is ^cavenging against His adversaries,

And He keeps His anger for His enemies.

³Yahweh is ^aslow to anger and great in power,

And Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.

Beth

In ¹whirlwind and storm is His way,

And ¹clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Gimel

⁴He ^arebukes the sea and makes it dry;

He dries up all the rivers.

^bBashan and Carmel languish;

The blossoms of Lebanon languish.

He

⁵Mountains ^aquake because of Him,

Vav

And the hills ¹melt;

Indeed the earth is ¹upheaved by His presence,

The ¹world and all the inhabitants in it.

Zayin

^6aWho can stand before His indignation?

Who can endure the ^bburning of His anger?

Heth

His ¹wrath is poured out like fire,

And the ¹rocks are torn down by Him.

Teth

⁷Yahweh is ^agood,

A strong defense in the day of distress,

Yodh

And ¹He knows those who take refuge in Him.

⁸But with an ^aoverflowing flood

Kaph

He will make a complete destruction of ^aits place

And will pursue His enemies into ¹darkness.