Nahum 1:7–15

⁷The Lord is good,

a stronghold in the day of trouble;

he knows those who take refuge in him.

⁸But with an overflowing flood

he will make a full end of his adversaries,^a

and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

⁹What do you plot against the Lord?

He will make a full end;

he will not take vengeance^b twice on his foes.^c

¹⁰Like entangled thorns they are consumed,^d

like dry stubble.

¹¹Did one not^e come out from you,

who plotted evil against the Lord,

and counseled villainy?

¹²Thus says the Lord,

“Though they be strong and many,

they will be cut off and pass away.

Though I have afflicted you,

I will afflict you no more.

¹³And now I will break his yoke from off you

and will burst your bonds asunder.”

¹⁴The Lord has given commandment about you:

“No more shall your name be perpetuated;

from the house of your gods I will cut off

the graven image and the molten image.

I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

¹⁵Behold, on the mountains the feet of him

who brings good tidings,

who proclaims peace!

Keep your feasts, O Judah,

fulfil your vows,

for never again shall the wicked come against you,

he is utterly cut off.