Nah 1 | NASB1995 | STEP | The oracle of Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite .

Nahum 1

God Is Awesome

1 The ^{▼▼ Or burden
,} ^boracle of ^cNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 A ^djealous and avenging God is the Lord;
The Lord is ^eavenging and ^{▼▼ Lit a possessor of wrath}wrathful.
The Lord takes ^gvengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
3 The Lord is ^hslow to anger and great in power,
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In ⁱwhirlwind and storm is His way,
And ^jclouds are the dust beneath His feet.
4 He ^krebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
^lBashan and Carmel wither;
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
5 Mountains ^mquake because of Him
And the hills ⁿdissolve;
Indeed the earth is ^oupheaved by His presence,
The ^pworld and all the inhabitants in it.
6 ^qWho can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the ^rburning of His anger?
His ^swrath is poured out like fire
And the ^trocks are broken up by Him.
7 The Lord is ^ugood,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And ^vHe knows those who take refuge in Him.
8 But with an ^woverflowing flood
He will make a complete end of ^{▼▼ I.e. Nineveh’s}its site,
And will pursue His enemies into ^ydarkness.

9 Whatever you ^zdevise against the Lord,
He will make a ^aacomplete end of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.
10 Like tangled ^abthorns,
And like those who are ^acdrunken with their drink,
They are ^adconsumed
As stubble completely withered.
11 From you has gone forth
One who ^aeplotted evil against the Lord,
A ^{▼▼ Or worthless; Heb Belial
,} ^agwicked counselor.

12 Thus says the Lord, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many,
Even so, they will be ^ahcut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you ^aino longer.
13 “So now, I will ^ajbreak his yoke bar from upon you,
And I will tear off your shackles.”

14 The Lord has issued a command concerning ^{▼▼ I.e. the king of Nineveh}you:
^{▼▼ Lit No more of your name will be sown}“Your name will ^amno longer be perpetuated.
I will cut off ^{▼▼ Or a graven image
,} ^aoidol and ^{▼▼ Lit cast metal image}image
From the house of your gods.
I will prepare your ^aqgrave,
For you are contemptible.”

15 ^{▼▼ Ch 2:1 in Heb}Behold, ^ason the mountains the feet of him who brings good news,
Who announces peace!
^atCelebrate your feasts, O Judah;
Pay your vows.
For ^aunever again will the ^{▼▼ Or worthless one; Heb Belial}wicked one pass through you;
He is ^awcut off completely.