Nahum
1 The pronouncement against Ninʹe·veh:+ The book of the vision of Naʹhum the Elʹkosh·ite:*
2 Jehovah is a God* exacting exclusive devotion+ and taking vengeance; Jehovah is taking vengeance+ and is disposed to* rage.+ Jehovah is taking vengeance against his adversaries,+ and he is resentful toward his enemies.+
3 Jehovah is slow to anger+ and great in power,+ and by no means will Jehovah hold back from punishing.+
In destructive wind and in storm is his way, and the cloud mass is the powder of his feet.+
4 He is rebuking the sea,+ and he dries it up; and all the rivers he actually makes run dry.+
Baʹshan and Carʹmel have withered,+ and the very blossom of Lebʹa·non has withered.
5 Mountains themselves have rocked because of him, and the very hills found themselves melting.+
And the earth will be upheaved because of his face; the productive land also,* and all those dwelling in it.+
6 In the face of his denunciation who can stand?+ And who can rise up against the heat of his anger?+
His own rage will certainly be poured out like fire,+ and the very rocks* will actually be pulled down because of him.
7 Jehovah is good,+ a stronghold+ in the day of distress.+
And he is cognizant of those seeking refuge in him.+
8 And by the flood that is passing along he will make an outright extermination of her* place,+ and darkness will pursue his very enemies.*+
9 What will YOU men think up against Jehovah?+ He is causing an outright extermination.
Distress will not rise up a second time.+
10 Although they are being interwoven even as thorns+ and they are drunken as with their wheat beer,*+ they will certainly be devoured like stubble fully dry.+
11 Out of you* there will actually go forth one who is thinking up against Jehovah what is bad,+ counseling what is not worth while.*+
12 This is what Jehovah has said: “Although they were in complete form and there were many in that state, even in that state they must be cut down;+ and one must pass through. And I shall certainly afflict you, so that I shall not afflict you anymore.+ 13 And now I shall break his carrying bar from upon you,+ and the bands upon you I shall tear in two.+ 14 And concerning you* Jehovah has commanded, ‘Nothing of your name will be sown anymore.+ Out of the house of your gods* I shall cut off carved image and molten statue.+ I shall make a burial place for you,+ because you have been of no account.’*
15 “Look! Upon the mountains the feet of one bringing good news,* one publishing peace.+ O Judah, celebrate your festivals.+ Pay your vows;+ because no more will any good-for-nothing person* pass again through you.+ In his entirety he will certainly be cut off.”*+