1 An oracle for Nineveh, a writing of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite.
2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;the Lord avenges and is furious.The Lord takes vengeance on His enemies,and He reserves it for His adversaries;
3 the Lord is slow to anger and great in power,and the Lord will in no way acquit the guilty.In gale winds and a storm is His way,and clouds are the dust of His feet.
4 He rebukes and dries up the sea,and He makes waterless all the rivers.Bashan and Carmel wither up,and the sprout of Lebanon wastes away.
5 The mountains quake before Him,and the hills melt;the land rises up before Him,the earth and everything that dwells on it.
6 Who can stand before His anger?Who will rise up before His burning wrath?His heat is poured out like fire,and the rocks are broken up before Him.
7 The Lord is good,a stronghold in the day of distress;and He knows those who take refuge in Him.