Nah 1 | NASB2020 | STEP | The pronouncement of Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite :

Nahum 1

God Is Awesome

1 The ^apronouncement of ^bNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

2 A ^cjealous and avenging God is the Lord;
The Lord is ^davenging and ^{▼▼Lit a possessor of wrath}wrathful.
The Lord takes ^fvengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
3 The Lord is ^gslow to anger and great in power,
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In the ^hgale and the storm is His way,
And ⁱclouds are the dust beneath His feet.
4 He ^jrebukes the sea and dries it up;
He dries up all the rivers.
^kBashan and Carmel wither,
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
5 Mountains ^lquake because of Him,
And the hills ^mcome apart;
Indeed the earth is ⁿupheaved by His presence,
The ^oworld and all the inhabitants in it.
6 ^pWho can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the ^qburning of His anger?
His ^rwrath gushes forth like fire,
And the ^srocks are broken up by Him.
7 The Lord is ^tgood,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And ^uHe knows those who take refuge in Him.
8 But with an ^voverflowing flood
He will make a complete end of ^{▼▼I.e., Nineveh’s}its site,
And will pursue His enemies into ^xdarkness.

9 Whatever you ^ydevise against the Lord,
He will make a ^zcomplete end of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.
10 Like tangled ^aathorns,
And like those who are ^abdrunken with their drink,
They are ^acconsumed
Like stubble completely dried up.
11 From you has gone out
One who ^adplotted evil against the Lord,
A ^{▼▼Or worthless; Heb Belial
,} ^afwicked counselor.
12 This is what the Lord says:

“Though they are at full strength and so they are many,
So also they will be ^agcut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you ^ahno longer.
13 “So now, I will ^aibreak his yoke from upon you,
And I will tear your shackles to pieces.”

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 ^alno longer be perpetuated.
I will eliminate the ^amcarved image and the cast metal image
From the house of your gods.
I will prepare your ^angrave,
For you are contemptible.”

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