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A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
God’s Wrath on 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;
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;
The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh
The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.
The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.
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.
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.
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.
the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
And dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
The mountains quake before him
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.
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.
And who can endure the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
Who can withstand his indignation?
Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire;
the rocks are shattered before him.
Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire;
the rocks are shattered before him.
The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And He knows those who trust in Him.
A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And He knows those who trust in Him.
The Lord is good,
a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him,
a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him,
But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
but with an overwhelming flood
he will make an end of Nineveh;
he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
he will make an end of Nineveh;
he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
For while tangled like thorns,
And while drunken like drunkards,
They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
And while drunken like drunkards,
They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
who plots evil against the Lord
and devises wicked plans.
who plots evil against the Lord
and devises wicked plans.
This is what the Lord says:
“Although they have allies and are numerous,
they will be destroyed and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
I will afflict you no more.
“Although they have allies and are numerous,
they will be destroyed and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
I will afflict you no more.
For now I will break off his yoke from you,
And burst your bonds apart.”
And burst your bonds apart.”
Now I will break their yoke from your neck
and tear your shackles away.”
and tear your shackles away.”
The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh:
“You will have no descendants to bear your name.
I will destroy the images and idols
that are in the temple of your gods.
I will prepare your grave,
for you are vile.”
“You will have no descendants to bear your name.
I will destroy the images and idols
that are in the temple of your gods.
I will prepare your grave,
for you are vile.”