Nahum 1
1 This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
A God zealous and avenging [is] Jehovah, An avenger [is] Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger [is] Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest [is] His way, And a cloud [is] the dust of His feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing [are] Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.
5 The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up [is] the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.
6 Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.
7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
Good [is] Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.
8 But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.
9 Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
What do we devise against Jehovah? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.
10 For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
For while princes [are] perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.
11 From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah — a worthless counsellor.
12 This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.
13 For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
And now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away.
14 The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
And commanded concerning thee hath Jehovah, 'No more of thy name doth spread abroad, From the house of thy gods I cut off graven and molten image, I appoint thy grave, for thou hast been vile.
15 Look to the mountains— the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
Lo, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, complete thy vows, For add no more to pass over into thee doth the worthless, He hath been completely cut off!
