Nahum 1 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh’s Wrath Against Nineveh

1The ¹^,^aoracle of ^bNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

א Aleph

²A ^ajealous and avenging God is ¹Yahweh;Yahweh is ^bavenging and ²wrathful.Yahweh is ^cavenging against His adversaries,And He keeps His anger for His enemies.³Yahweh is ^aslow to anger and great in power,And Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.In ^bwhirlwind and storm is His way,And ^cclouds are the dust beneath His feet.

ג Gimel

⁴He ^arebukes the sea and makes it dry;He dries up all the rivers.^bBashan and Carmel languish;The blossoms of Lebanon languish.

ה He

⁵Mountains ^aquake because of Him,And the hills ^bmelt;Indeed the earth is ^cupheaved by His presence,The ^dworld and all the inhabitants in it.

ז Zayin

⁶^aWho can stand before His indignation?Who can endure the ^bburning of His anger?His ^cwrath is poured out like fire,And the ^drocks are torn down by Him.

ט Teth

⁷Yahweh is ^agood,A strong defense in the day of distress,And ^bHe knows those who take refuge in Him.⁸But with an ^aoverflowing floodHe will make a complete destruction of ¹its placeAnd will pursue His enemies into ^bdarkness.⁹Whatever you ^adevise against Yahweh,He will make a ^bcomplete destruction of it.Distress will not rise up twice.¹⁰Like tangled ^athorns,And like those who are ^bdrunken with their drink,They are ^cconsumedAs stubble fully dried up.¹¹From you has gone forthOne who ^adevised evil against Yahweh,A ¹^,^bvile counselor.

¹²Thus says Yahweh, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many,Even so, they will be ^acut off and pass away.Though I have afflicted you,I will afflict you ^bno longer.

¹³“So now, I will ^abreak his yoke bar from upon you,And I will break your bands apart.”¹⁴And Yahweh has commanded concerning ¹you:“²There will ^ano longer be seed from your name.From the house of your gods,I will cut off ^bgraven image and molten image.I will prepare your ^cgrave,For you are contemptible.”¹⁵¹Behold, ^aon the mountains the feet of him who proclaims good news,Who ²announces peace!^bCelebrate your feasts, O Judah;Pay your vows.For ^cnever again will the ³vile one pass through you;He is ^dcut off completely.