Chapter 1

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

God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth;⁶ the LORD revengeth,⁶ and [is] furious; ²⁵³⁴ the LORD will take vengeance⁶ on his adversaries, and he reserveth⁶ [wrath] for his enemies.⁶

The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all¹⁵ acquit¹⁷ [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet.

He rebuketh⁶ the sea, and maketh it dry,¹⁷ and drieth up⁵² all the rivers: Bashan languisheth,⁴⁹ and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.⁴⁹

The mountains quake¹ at him, and the hills melt,¹¹⁰ and the earth is burned⁴ at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell⁶ therein.

Who can stand⁴ before his indignation? and who can abide⁴ in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out⁸ like fire, and the rocks are thrown down⁸ by him.

The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth⁶ them that trust⁶ in him.

But with an overrunning⁶ flood he will make⁴ an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue¹⁷ his enemies.⁶

What do ye imagine¹⁷ against the LORD? he will make⁶ an utter end: affliction shall not rise up⁴ the second time.

For while [they be] folden together⁷ [as] thorns, and while they are drunken⁷ [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured²⁷ as stubble fully dry.

There is [one] come out¹ of thee, that imagineth⁶ evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.⁶

Thus saith¹ the LORD; Though [they be] quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down,⁸ when he shall pass through.¹ Though I have afflicted¹⁴ thee, I will afflict¹⁷ thee no more.

For now will I break⁴ his yoke from off thee, and will burst¹⁷ thy bonds in sunder.

And the LORD hath given a commandment¹⁴ concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be sown:¹¹ out of the house of thy gods will I cut off⁵⁵ the graven image and the molten image: I will make⁴ thy grave; for thou art vile.¹

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,¹⁸ that publisheth⁵⁶ peace! O Judah, keep³ thy solemn feasts, perform¹⁶ thy vows: for the wicked shall no more⁵⁵ pass² through thee; he is utterly cut off.⁸