Nahum 1
1 A pronouncement concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps his anger for his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and he will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD’s way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossom of Lebanon withers.
5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His fury pours out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.
7 The LORD is good, a stronghold on the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of its place, and he will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What are you plotting against the LORD? He himself will bring it all to an end; trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For though they are tangled like thorns and soaked through like drunkards, they will be consumed like fully dried straw.
11 From you came one who plotted evil against the LORD, one who gave wicked counsel.
12 This is what the LORD says: “Though they are whole and numerous, they will be cut down and swept away. I afflicted you, but I will afflict you no more.
13 And now I will break his yoke from above you and snap your chains.”
14 The LORD has issued a command concerning you: “No descendants will remain to bear your name. From the house of your god I will cut off the carved image and the cast idol. I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
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