Naum 1

1 The burden of Nineve: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite.

The prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the prophecy of Nahum, the Elkoshite.

2 God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; the Lord avenges with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he cuts off his enemies.

Jehovah is a jealous God, and an avenger; Jehovah is an avenger, and full of wrath! Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, And keepeth indignation for his enemies!

3 The Lord is longsuffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Jehovah is slow to anger, but great in power; He will by no means clear the guilty; Jehovah cometh in the whirlwind and the storm, And the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4 He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing [trees] of Libanus have come to nothing.

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 are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, [even] the world, and all that dwell in it.

The mountains tremble before him, And the hills melt; The earth is moved at his presence, Yea, the world and all that dwell therein.

6 Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nothing kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him.

Who can stand before his indignation, And who can abide before the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are cast down by him!

7 The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.

Jehovah is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; He careth for them that trust in him;

8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against [him] and his enemies.

But with an overwhelming flood will he make a full end of her place, And darkness shall pursue his enemies.

9 What do you devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.

What do ye meditate against Jehovah? He will make a full end; Not the second time shall the calamity come.

10 For [the enemy] shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.

For while they are entangled like thorns, And like those that are drunk with wine, They shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

11 Out of you shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile [to him].

From thee hath gone forth one that devised evil against Jehovah; That meditated destruction.

12 Thus says the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of you shall not be heard any more.

Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be flourishing, and likewise many, Yet shall they be cut down, and pass away; I have afflicted thee, but I will afflict thee no more.

13 And now will I break his rod from off you, and will burst [your] bonds.

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, And will burst thy bonds in sunder.

14 And the Lord shall give a command concerning you; there shall no more of your name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven [images] out of the house of your god, and the molten [images]: I will make your grave; for [they are] swift.

And concerning thee hath Jehovah given command, That thy name shall no more be sown. From the house of thy god I will cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou hast become vile!

15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and publishes peace! O Juda, keep your feasts, pay your vows: for they shall no more pass through you to [your] decay.

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, That publisheth peace! Keep, O Judah, thy feasts, perform thy vows! For no more shall the destroyer pass through thee; He is utterly consumed.