1 ¶ The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. God’s Wrath on His Enemies

2 ¶ God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; the LORD avenges and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.

God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies;

3 T he LORD is slow to anger and great in power and will not at all treat the guilty as though they were innocent; the LORD whose way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.

4 H e reprehends the sea and makes it dry and dries up all the rivers; Bashan was destroyed, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon was destroyed.

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts.

5 T he mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, and the world and all that dwell therein.

The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.

6 W ho can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.

7 T he LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those that trust in him.

The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.

8 B ut with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of his place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.

9 ¶ What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end; he will not hold back the tribulation the second time.

What do you conspire against the Lord ? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

10 F or while they are entwined together as thorns, and while the drunkards shall be drinking, they shall be devoured as stubble full of dryness.

For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.

11 H e has come out of thee that has imagined evil against the LORD, a counsellor of Belial.

From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.

12 T hus hath the LORD said: For much rest that they have, and though they are many, yet thus shall they be cut down, and he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

Thus says the Lord: “Though they are safe, and likewise many, Yet in this manner they will be cut down When he passes through. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more;

13 F or now I will break his yoke from off thee and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart.”

14 A nd the LORD shall give a commandment concerning thee that no one else of thy name ever be sown; out of the house of thy god I will cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make it thy grave because thou wert vile.

The Lord has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will dig your grave, For you are vile.”

15 B ehold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, of him that publishes peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows; for Belial shall no longer pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Behold, on the mountains The feet of him who brings good tidings, Who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your appointed feasts, Perform your vows. For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; He is utterly cut off.