The LORD is a jealous and avenging God, slow to anger and great in power. The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble. He will make a full end of Nineveh, and the feet of the one who brings good news are on the mountains.
1 The burden of Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite .
2 God 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 The 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 He rebuketh the sea , and maketh it dry , and drieth up all the rivers : Bashan languisheth , and Carmel , and the flower of Lebanon languisheth .
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.
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.
7 The LORD is good , a strong hold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies .
9 What do ye imagine against the LORD ? he will make an utter end : affliction shall not rise up the second time .
10 For while they be folden together as thorns , and while they are drunken as drunkards , they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry .
11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD , a wicked counsellor .
12 Thus 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 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder .
14 And 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 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 .