[1] An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
[2] Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of
wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath
against his enemies. [3] Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and
will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the
whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. [4] He
rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan
languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes. [5] The
mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at
his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it. [6] Who can stand
before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His
wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him. [7]
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who
take refuge in him. [8] But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full
end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. [9] What do
you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won`t rise up
the second time. [10] For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their
drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble. [11] There is one gone
forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.
[12] Thus says Yahweh: "Though they be in full strength, and likewise many,
even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have
afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. [13] Now will I break his yoke
from off you, and will burst your bonds apart." [14] Yahweh has commanded
concerning you, that no more descendants bear your name. Out of the house
of your gods, will I cut off the engraved 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 news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts,
Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you.
He is utterly cut off.
