1 T he burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

2 G od is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

3 T he Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4 H e rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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

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.

7 T he Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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

9 W hat do ye imagine against the Lord ? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

10 F or while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

11 T here is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.

12 T hus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

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

14 A nd the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

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