The Book of
Nahum
1
1 A revelation about
Nineveh. The book
of the vision
of Nahum
the Elkoshite.
2 The
LORD
is a jealous
God
and avenges. The
LORD avenges and
is full of wrath.
The LORD takes
vengeance on his
adversaries, and
he maintains wrath
against his
enemies.
3 The
LORD is slow
to anger, and
great in power,
and will by
no means leave
the guilty unpunished.
The LORD has
his way in
the whirlwind and
in the storm,
and the clouds
are the dust of
his feet.
4 He
rebukes the sea
and makes it
dry, and dries
up all the
rivers. Bashan and
Carmel languish. The
flower of
Lebanon languishes.
5 The
mountains quake
before him, and
the hills melt
away. The earth trembles
at his presence,
yes, the world,
and all who
dwell in it.
6 Who
can stand before
his indignation?
Who can endure
the fierceness of
his anger? His
wrath is poured
out like fire, and
the rocks are
broken apart by
him.
7 The
LORD is good,
a stronghold in
the day of
trouble; and he
knows those who
take refuge in
him.
8 But
with an
overflowing flood,
he will make
a full end
of her place,
and will pursue
his enemies into
darkness.
9 What
do you plot
against the LORD?
He will make
a full end.
Affliction won’t rise
up the second time.
10 For
entangled like
thorns, and
drunken as with
their drink, they
are consumed utterly
like dry stubble.
11 One
has gone out
of you who
devises evil
against the LORD,
who counsels wickedness.
12 The
LORD says: “Though
they are in
full strength and
likewise many,
even so they
will be cut
down and pass
away. Though I
have afflicted you,
I will afflict
you no more.
13 Now
I will break his
yoke from off
you, and will
burst your bonds
apart.”
14 The
LORD has commanded
concerning you: “No
more descendants will bear
your name. Out
of the house
of your gods, I
will cut off
the engraved image
and the molten
image. I will
make your grave,
for you are
vile.”
15 Behold,
on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes
peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one
will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.