Nah 1 | ESV | STEP | An oracle concerning Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh .

‏ Nahum 1

1 ^aAn oracle concerning ^bNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

God’s Wrath Against Nineveh

2 ^cThe Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
^dthe Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and ^ekeeps wrath for his enemies.
3 ^fThe Lord is slow to anger and ^ggreat in power,
and ^hthe Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
ⁱHis way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 ^jHe rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
he dries up all the rivers;
^kBashan and ^lCarmel wither;
the bloom of ^mLebanon withers.
5 ⁿThe mountains quake before him;
^othe hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
^pthe world and all who dwell in it.
6 ^qWho can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath ^ris poured out like fire,
and ^sthe rocks are broken into pieces by him.
7 ^tThe Lord is good,
^ua stronghold in the day of trouble;
^vhe knows those who take refuge in him.
8 But ^wwith an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries, ^{▼▼Hebrew of her place}
and ^ywill pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What ^zdo you plot against the Lord?
^aaHe will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are ^ablike entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
^acthey are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
^adwho plotted evil against the Lord,
a worthless counselor.
12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
^aethey will be cut down and pass away.
^afThough I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more.
13 And now ^agI will break his yoke from off you
and will burst your bonds apart.”
14 The Lord has given commandment about you:
^ah“No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from ^aithe house of your gods I will cut off
the carved image and the metal image.
^ajI will make your grave, ^akfor you are vile.”
15 ^{▼▼Ch 2:1 in Hebrew} ^amBehold, upon the mountains, ^anthe feet of him
who brings good news,
who publishes peace!
^aoKeep your feasts, O Judah;
^apfulfill your vows,
^aqfor never again shall the worthless pass through you;
he is utterly cut off.