Nam Nahum, chapter Book of Nahum, chapter 1
The Burden against Nineveh
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;
the LORD is avenging and full of wrath.
The LORD takes vengeance on His foes
and reserves wrath for His enemies.Exo 20:5; Jos 24:19
The LORD is slow to anger
and great in power;
the LORD will by no means
leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.Psa 86:5; Job 5:18
He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
He makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither,
and the flower of Lebanon wilts.Isa 50:2
The mountains quake before Him,
and the hills melt away;
the earth trembles at His presence—
the world and all its dwellers.Exo 19:18; Deu 32:22; Psa 97:5
Who can withstand His indignation?
Who can endure His burning anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire;
even rocks are shattered before Him.Rev 6:17; Gen 19:24; Deu 32:22
The LORD is good,
a stronghold in the day of distress;
He cares for those who trust in Him.Psa 1:6; 2Ti 2:19
But with an overwhelming flood
He will make an end of Nineveh1:8 Literally of her place
and pursue His enemies into darkness.
Whatever you plot against the LORD,
He will bring to an end.
Affliction will not rise up
a second time.
For they will be entangled as with thorns
and consumed like the drink of a drunkard —
like stubble that is fully dry.Isa 9:18
From you, O Nineveh, comes forth
a plotter of evil against the LORD,
a counselor of wickedness.
This is what the LORD says:
“Though they are allied and numerous,
yet they will be cut down and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you, O Judah,
I will afflict you no longer.
For I will now break their yoke from your neck
and tear away your shackles.”Jer 27:2
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh:
“There will be no descendants
to carry on your name.
I will cut off the carved image and cast idol
from the house of your gods;
I will prepare your grave,
for you are contemptible.”2Ki 19:37
Look to the mountains—
the feet of one who brings good news,
who proclaims peace!
Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;
fulfill your vows.
For the wicked will never again march through you;