Nahoum 1

¹ Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

² A God zealous and avenging [is] Jehovah, An avenger [is] Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger [is] Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.

³ Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest [is] His way, And a cloud [is] the dust of His feet.

⁴ He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing [are] Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.

⁵ Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted ; And lifted up [is] the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.

⁶ Before His indignation who doth stand ? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger ? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.

⁷ Good [is] Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

⁸ And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

⁹ What do we devise against Jehovah ? An end He is making, arise not twice doth distress.

¹⁰ For while princes [are] perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

¹¹ From thee hath come forth a deviser of evil Against Jehovah — a worthless counsellor.

¹² Thus said Jehovah : Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.

¹³ And now I break his rod from off thee, And thy bands I do draw away.

¹⁴ And commanded concerning thee hath Jehovah, 'No more of thy name doth spread abroad, From the house of thy gods I cut off graven and molten image, I appoint thy grave, for thou hast been vile.

¹⁵ Lo, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace ! Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, complete thy vows, For add no more to pass over into thee doth the worthless, He hath been completely cut off !