Nahum, 1

1. Prophecy about Nineveh. Book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

1. An oracle concerning Nin'eveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

2. Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful God, Yahweh takes vengeance, he is rich in wrath; Yahweh takes vengeance on his foes, he stores up fury for his enemies.

2. The LORD is a jealous God and avenging, the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.

3. Yahweh is slow to anger but great in power, Yahweh never lets evil go unpunished. In storm and whirlwind he takes his way, the clouds are the dust stirred up by his feet.

3. The LORD is slow to anger and of great might, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4. He rebukes the sea, dries it up, and makes all the rivers run dry. . . . Bashan and Carmel wither, the greenery of the Lebanon withers too.

4. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, the bloom of Lebanon fades.

5. The mountains tremble before him, the hills reel; the earth collapses before him, the world and all who live in it.

5. The mountains quake before him, the hills melt; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all that dwell therein.

6. His fury -- who can withstand it? Who can endure his burning wrath? His anger pours out like fire and the rocks break apart before him.

6. Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

7. Yahweh is better than a fortress in time of distress; he recognises those who trust in him

7. The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

8. even when the flood rushes on; he will make an end once and for all of those who defy him, and pursue his foes into darkness.

8. But with an overflowing flood he will make a full end of his adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

9. What are your thoughts about Yahweh? He it is who makes a final end: his adversaries will not rise up a second time;

9. What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end; he will not take vengeance twice on his foes.

10. like a thicket of tangled brambles, like dry straw, they will be burnt up completely. To Assyria

10. Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.

11. From you has emerged someone plotting evil against Yahweh, one of Belial's counsellors. To Judah

11. Did one not come out from you, who plotted evil against the LORD, and counseled villainy?

12. Yahweh says this: Unopposed and many though they be, they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have made you suffer, I shall make you suffer no more,

12. Thus says the LORD, "Though they be strong and many, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

13. for now I shall break his yoke which presses hard on you and snap your chains. To the king of Nineveh

13. And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds asunder."

14. As for you, this is Yahweh's decree: You will have no heirs to your name, from the temple of your gods I shall remove carved image and cast image, and I shall devastate your tomb, for you are accursed!

14. The LORD has given commandment about you: "No more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut off the graven image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile."

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15. Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.