Nahum 1:1–8

God Is Awesome

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

²A ^ajealous and avenging God is the Lord;

The Lord is ^bavenging and ¹wrathful.

The Lord takes ^cvengeance on His adversaries,

And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

³The Lord is ^aslow to anger and great in power,

And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.

In ^bwhirlwind and storm is His way,

And ^cclouds are the dust beneath His feet.

⁴He ^arebukes the sea and makes it dry;

He dries up all the rivers.

^bBashan and Carmel wither;

The blossoms of Lebanon wither.

⁵Mountains ^aquake because of Him

And the hills ^bdissolve;

Indeed the earth is ^cupheaved by His presence,

The ^dworld and all the inhabitants in it.

^6aWho can stand before His indignation?

Who can endure the ^bburning of His anger?

His ^cwrath is poured out like fire

And the ^drocks are broken up by Him.

⁷The Lord is ^agood,

A stronghold in the day of trouble,

And ^bHe knows those who take refuge in Him.

⁸But with an ^aoverflowing flood

He will make a complete end of ¹its site,

And will pursue His enemies into ^bdarkness.