Nahum 1:1-9 ▼

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

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

3 YHWH [is] slow to anger, and great in power, || And YHWH does not entirely acquit, || In a windstorm and in a storm [is] His way, || And a cloud [is] the dust of His feet.

4 He is pushing against a sea, and dries it up, || Indeed, He has made all the floods dry, || Bashan and Carmel [are] languishing, || Indeed, the flower of Lebanon [is] languishing.

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

6 Who stands before His indignation? And who rises up in the heat of His anger? His fury has been poured out like fire, || And the rocks have been broken by Him.

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

8 And with a flood passing over, || An end He makes of its place, || And darkness pursues His enemies.

9 What do we devise against YHWH? He is making an end, distress does not arise twice.