Nahum 1
1 A message about Nineveh, a vision which came to Nahum from Elkosh.
The declaration about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite.
2 The Lord tolerates no rivals. The Lord is vengeful and fierce in wrath. The Lord does not fail to punish his foes; the Lord is vengeful against his enemies.
Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges; Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath; Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he continues his anger for his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger, great in power. The guilty will not escape his punishment. Storm tempest is his path and cloud is the dust of his feet.
Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power; he will not allow the wicked to go unpunished. Yahweh makes his way in the whirlwind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up and makes all the streams run dry. Bashan and Carmel are languishing and the bloom of Lebanon is withered.
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers. Bashan is weak, and Carmel also; the flowers of Lebanon are weak.
5 The mountains tremble before him and the hills dissolve. The earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.
The mountains shake in his presence, and the hills melt; the earth collapses in his presence, indeed, the world and all people who live in it.
6 Who can stand before his wrath? Who can withstand the heat of his anger? His fierce fury pours forth like fire, he shatters rocks.
Who can stand before his wrath? Who can resist the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
7 The Lord is good to those who hope in him, a place of refuge in the day of trouble.
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he is faithful to those who take refuge in him.
8 With rushing flood an end he makes of those who rise against him, he drives his enemies into darkness.
But he will make a full end to his enemies with an overwhelming flood; he will pursue them into darkness.
9 Why do you plot against the Lord? He will end you. He only takes vengeance once.
What are you people plotting against Yahweh? He will make a full end to it; trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 Thorns, tangled and drenched, they are consumed like dry stubble.
For they will become tangled up like thornbushes; they will be saturated in their own drink; they will be completely devoured by fire like dry stubble.
11 Nineveh! From you has arisen one who plots evil against the Lord, a counsellor of wickedness.
Someone arose among you, Nineveh, who planned evil against Yahweh, someone who promoted wickedness.
12 The Lord says: “Though they are many and strong, they will pass away and be gone. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more,
This is what Yahweh says, “Even if they are at their full strength and full numbers, they will nevertheless be sheared; their people will be no more. But you, Judah: Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
13 and now I will break his yoke from your necks and snap your chains.”
Now will I break that people's yoke from off you; I will break your chains.”
14 The Lord has given this command concerning you, Nineveh: “Your name will no longer be remembered. I will destroy every idol and image in the house of your God. I will destroy even your tomb, for you are worthless.”
Yahweh has given a command about you, Nineveh: “There will be no more descendants bearing your name. I will cut off the carved figures and the cast metal figures from the houses of your gods. I will dig your graves, for you are contemptible.”
15 Look! On the mountains a messenger bringing good news, announcing peace! “Celebrate the feasts, Judah, fulfill your vows. Never again will these enemies invade your land, they are destroyed!”
Look, on the mountains there are the feet of someone who is bringing good news, who is announcing peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and keep your vows, for the wicked one will invade you no more; he is completely cut off.
