Nahum 1

¹The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

²God is a rival, and the Lord is avenging. The Lord is avenging, and one who applies wrath. The Lord is avenging with his enemies, and he becomes angry with his adversaries.

³The Lord is patient and great in strength, and those who are not clean, he makes innocent. The Lord is in a tempest, and his way is a whirlwind, and the clouds are dust at his feet.

⁴He is the one who rebukes the sea, and who dries it up, and who leads all the rivers to the desert. Basan has been weakened, and also Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon has languished.

⁵The mountains have trembled before him, and the hills have become desolate, and the earth has quaked before his face, both the world and all that dwells in it.

⁶Who can stand firm before the face of his indignation? And who can continue against the fury of his wrath? His indignation has broken out like a fire, and the rocks have been dissolved before him.

⁷The Lord is good, and a comforter in the day of tribulation, and he knows those who hope in him.

⁸And in the flood that passes over, he brings to consummation the end of his place. And darkness shall pursue his adversaries.

⁹What are you thinking up against the Lord? He will accomplish the consummation. There shall not rise up a double tribulation.

¹⁰For just as thorns entwine one another, so also, while they are feasting and drinking together, they will be consumed like stubble that is completely dry.

¹¹Out of you will go forth one who thinks up evil against the Lord, dragging betrayals through his mind.

¹²Thus says the Lord: If they had been perfect, and many of them so, yet still they would be pruned, and it will cross through them. I have afflicted you, and I shall afflict you no more.

¹³And now I will shatter his rod from your back, and I will break open your bonds.

¹⁴And the Lord will place a commandment over you; nothing more from your name will be sown. From the house of your God, I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image. I will prepare your grave, because you are not honorable.

¹⁵Behold, over the mountains, the feet of the Evangelizer and the Announcer of peace. Judah, celebrate your festivals and keep your vows. For Belial will never again pass through you; he has completely passed away.

Nahum 1

¹The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elcesite.

²The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.

³The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty. The Lord's ways are in a tempest, and a whirlwind, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

⁴He rebuketh the sea and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus fadeth away.

⁵The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

⁶Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out like fire: and the rocks are melted by him.

⁷The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

⁸But with a flood that passeth by, he will make an utter end of the place thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

⁹What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.

¹⁰For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.

¹¹Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind.

¹²Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more.

¹³And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.

¹⁴And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced.

¹⁵Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.