Nahum 1
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath;
Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his
enemies.
3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the
guilty] : Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds
are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan
languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at
his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of
his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder
by him.
7 Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that
take refuge in him.
8 But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will
pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall
not rise up the second time.
10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed
utterly as dry stubble.
11 There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that
counselleth wickedness.
12 Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even
so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee,
I will afflict thee no more.
13 And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in
sunder.
14 And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name
be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the
molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one
shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.