Nahum 1

1An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

2Yahweh is a jealous and avenging God; Yahweh is avenging and full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he keeps wrath for his enemies.

3Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power, and he will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh—his way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; even the blossom of Lebanon withers.

5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away; the earth rises up before his face, the world and all who dwell in it.

6Who can stand before his indignation? And who can rise up in the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered by him.

7Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; he knows those who take refuge in him.

8But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of its place, and darkness will pursue his enemies.

9What are you plotting against Yahweh? He will make a complete end; trouble will not rise up a second time.

10For though they are tangled like thorns, and drenched with their drink, they will be consumed like fully dry stubble.

11From you has come one who plots evil against Yahweh, a counselor of worthlessness.

12Thus says the LORD: Though they are whole, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

13And now I will break his yoke from upon you, and I will tear off your bonds.

14Yahweh has commanded concerning you: No more will your name be sown. From the house of your gods I will cut off carved image and cast image. I will make your grave, for you are contemptible.