LEB - Nahum - 1

1:1  The oracle concerning Nineveh— the scroll of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

1:2  Yahweh is a jealous God and avenging; Yahweh is avenging and ⌞full of wrath⌟. Yahweh takes vengeance against his enemies; he rages against his adversaries.

1:3  Yahweh is slow to anger but great in power; he will certainly not allow the guilty to go unpunished. ⌞He marches⌟ in storm wind and in gale; storm clouds are the dust of his feet.

1:4  He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon languishes.

1:5  Mountains quake before him; the hills shake apart. The earth heaves before him— the world and all her inhabitants.

1:6  His indignation—who can stand before it? Who can endure ⌞his fierce anger⌟? His wrath is poured out like fire; rocks are shattered before him.

1:7  Yahweh is good—a refuge in the day of distress; he knows those who take refuge in him.

1:8  But with a rushing torrent he will bring Nineveh to an end; he will chase his enemies into darkness.

1:9  What do you plot against Yahweh? ⌞He will completely destroy it⌟; trouble will not rise up a second time!

1:10  For like entangled thorns, and like their drink which is drunk, they will be consumed like fully dry chaff.

1:11  From you goes out one who plots evil against Yahweh, one who plans wickedness.

1:12  Yahweh says this: “Even though they are powerful and likewise many, even so they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.

1:13  And now, I will break his yoke from upon you; I will snap your bonds.”

1:14  Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “Your name will no longer be sown. I will cut off ⌞the idols and images⌟ from the ⌞temple⌟ of your gods; ⌞I will send you to the grave⌟ because you are worthless.”

1:15  Look! On the mountains! The feet of the one who brings good tidings, the one who proclaims peace! “Celebrate a festival, O Judah, Fulfill your vows! For he will not invade you again; the wicked one is cut off completely!”