Nahum 1
1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 1:2 El is jealous, and 1:3 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan
languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his
presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 1:6 Who 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. 1:7 1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and
darkness shall pursue his enemies. 1:9 What do ye imagine against 1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as
drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against 1:12 Thus saith 1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 1:14 And 1:15 Behold 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.
revengeth;
revengeth, and is furious;
will take
vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked:
hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his
feet.
is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust
in him.
? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not
rise up the second time.
, a wicked
counseller.
: 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.
hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be
sown: out of the house of thy elohim will I cut off the graven image and the molten image:
I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.