The burden of Nineveh
. The book
of the vision
of Nahum
the Elkoshite
.
God is jealous
, and the LORD
revengeth
; the LORD
revengeth
, and is furious
; the LORD
will take vengeance
on his adversaries
, and he reserveth
wrath for his enemies
.
The LORD is slow
to anger
, and great
in power
, and will not at all
acquit
the wicked : the LORD
hath his way
in the whirlwind
and in the storm
, and the clouds
are the dust
of his feet
.
He rebuketh the sea
, and maketh it dry
, and drieth up
all the rivers
: Bashan
languisheth
, and Carmel
, and the flower
of Lebanon
languisheth
.
The mountains quake
at him, and the hills
melt
, and the earth
is burned
at his presence
, yea, the world
, and all that dwell
therein.
Who can stand before
his indignation
? and who can abide
in the fierceness
of his anger
? his fury
is poured out
like fire
, and the rocks
are thrown down
by him.
The LORD is good
, a strong hold
in the day
of trouble
; and he knoweth
them that trust
in him.
But with an overrunning flood
he will make
an utter end
of the place
thereof, and darkness
shall pursue
his enemies
.
What do ye imagine against the LORD
? he will make
an utter end
: affliction
shall not rise up
the second time
.
For while they be folden together as thorns
, and while they are drunken
as drunkards
, they shall be devoured
as stubble
fully
dry
.
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth
evil
against the LORD
, a wicked
counsellor
.
Thus saith the LORD
; Though they be quiet
, and likewise many
, yet thus shall they be cut down
, when he shall pass through
. Though I have afflicted
thee, I will afflict
thee no more.
For now will I break his yoke
from off thee, and will burst
thy bonds
in sunder
.
And the LORD hath given a 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
.
Behold upon the mountains the feet
of him that bringeth good tidings
, that publisheth
peace
! O Judah
, keep
thy solemn feasts
, perform
thy vows
: for the wicked
shall no more
pass through
thee; he is utterly cut off
.