[0] For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house
of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels; that I may make you a
desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of
the peoples." [1] An oracle concerning Nin'eveh. The book of the vision of
Nahum of Elkosh. [2] The LORD is a jealous God and avenging, the LORD is
avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and
keeps wrath for his enemies. [3] The LORD is slow to anger and of great
might, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in
whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. [4] He
rebukes the sea and makes it dry, he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and
Carmel wither, the bloom of Lebanon fades. [5] The mountains quake before
him, the hills melt; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all
that dwell therein. [6] Who can stand before his indignation? Who can
endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the
rocks are broken asunder by him. [7] The LORD is good, a stronghold in the
day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him. [8] But with an
overflowing flood he will make a full end of his adversaries, and will
pursue his enemies into darkness. [9] What do you plot against the LORD? He
will make a full end; he will not take vengeance twice on his foes. [10]
Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble. [11] Did one not
come out from you, who plotted evil against the LORD, and counseled
villainy? [12] Thus says the LORD, "Though they be strong and many, they
will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict
you no more. [13] And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst
your bonds asunder." [14] The LORD has given commandment about you: "No
more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut
off the graven image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you
are vile." [15] Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good
tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows,
for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.
