The burden aagainst Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
God’s Wrath on His Enemies
2 God is ajealous, 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;
3 The Lord is aslow to anger and bgreat in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
cThe Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4 aHe rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
bBashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
5 The mountains quake before Him,
The hills melt,
And the earth heaves at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before His indignation?
And awho can endure the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7 aThe Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And bHe knows those who trust in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
9 aWhat do you conspire against the Lord?
bHe will make an utter end of it.
Affliction will not rise up a second time.
10 For while tangled alike thorns,
bAnd while drunken like drunkards,
cThey shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
11 From you comes forth one
Who plots evil against the Lord,
A wicked counselor.
12 Thus says the Lord:
“Though they are safe, and likewise many,
Yet in this manner they will be acut down
When he passes through.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more;
13 For now I will break off his yoke from you,
And burst your bonds apart.”
14 The Lord has given a command concerning you:
“Your name shall be perpetuated no longer.
Out of the house of your gods
I will cut off the carved image and the molded image.
I will dig your agrave,
For you are bvile.”
15 Behold, on the mountains
The afeet of him who brings good tidings,
Who proclaims peace!
O Judah, keep your appointed feasts,
Perform your vows.
For the wicked one shall no more pass through you;
He is butterly cut off.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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