1 Oracle [1] concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
2 t[2] A jealous and avenging God [3] 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. [AA] In stormwind [4] 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]
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 t[6] Before his wrath, who can stand firm, and who can face his blazing anger? [AB] 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 t[7] Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled, and like drunkards, they are drunk; like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.
11 From you has come one plotting evil against the Lord, one giving sinister counsel. [8]
12 Thus says the Lord: though fully intact and so numerous, they [9] 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. [AC]
14 The Lord has commanded regarding you: [10] no descendant will again bear your name; From the house of your gods I will abolish the carved and the molten image; I will make your grave a dung heap.