1 Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
2 A jealous and avenging God is the Lord,an avenger is the Lord, full of wrath;The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries,and rages against his enemies;
3 The Lord is slow to anger, yet great in power;the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.In stormwind and tempest he comes,and clouds are the dust at his feet;
4 He roars at the sea and leaves it dry,and all the rivers he dries up.Laid low are Bashan and Carmel,and the bloom of Lebanon withers;
5 The mountains quake before him,and the hills dissolve;The earth is laid waste before him,the world and all who dwell in it.
6 Before his wrath, who can stand firm,and who can face his blazing anger?His fury is poured out like fire,and boulders break apart before him.
7 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,a refuge on the day of distress,Taking care of those who look to him for protection,
8 when the flood rages;He makes an end of his opponents,and pursues his enemies into darkness.
9 What do you plot against the Lord,the one about to bring total destruction?No opponent rises a second time!
10 Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled,and like drunkards, they are drunk;like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.
11 From you has comeone plotting evil against the Lord,one giving sinister counsel.
12 Thus says the Lord:though fully intact and so numerous,they shall be mown down and disappear.Though I have humbled you,I will humble you no more.
13 Now I will break his yoke off of you,and tear off your bonds.
14 The Lord has commanded regarding you:no descendant will again bear your name;From the house of your gods I will abolishthe carved and the molten image;I will make your grave a dung heap.