1The burden of Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
The God Who Avenges
2Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath ; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries , and he reserveth wrath for his enemies . 3Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power , and will by no means clear the guilty : Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm , and the clouds are the dust of his feet . 4He rebuketh the sea , and maketh it dry , and drieth up all the rivers : Bashan languisheth, and Carmel ; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5The mountains quake at him , and the hills melt ; and the earth is upheaved at his presence , yea, the world , and all that dwell therein . 6Who can stand before his indignation ? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger ? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him .
The Power and Majesty of God
7Jehovah is good , a stronghold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him . 8But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place , and will pursue his enemies into darkness .
The Fate of Nineveh
9What do ye devise against Jehovah ? he will make a full end ; affliction shall not rise up the second time . 10For entangled like thorns , and drunken as with their drink , they are consumed utterly as dry stubble . 11There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah , that counselleth wickedness . 12Thus saith Jehovah : Though they be in full strength, and likewise many , even so shall they be cut down , and he shall pass away . Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more . 13And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder . 14And Jehovah hath given 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 . 15Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.