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The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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God is jealous, and Jehovah is an avenger; Jehovah is an avenger, and is a furious master; Jehovah is an avenger to His adversaries, and He bears a grudge against His enemies.
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Jehovah is slow to anger, and of great power; and rendering innocent He will not render innocent. Jehovah has His way in the storm and in the tempest, and the clouds are the powdery dust of His feet.
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He rebukes the sea, and makes it wasted, and dries up all the rivers; Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the blossom of Lebanon languishes.
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The mountains quake before Him, and the hills dissolve, and the earth is burned before Him, and the world and all who dwell in her.
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Before His indignation, who can stand? And who can rise up in the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out as fire, and the rocks are torn down by Him.
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Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of adversity; and He knows those who have confidence in Him.
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But in a surpassing overflow He will make a complete end of its place, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.
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What do you think toward Jehovah? He will make a complete end; adversity shall not rise up two times.
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For while they be entangled by hooks, and as those inebriated by inebriating drink, they shall be eaten up as stubble fully dry.
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From thee comes out one who thinks evil against Jehovah, a counselor of Belial.
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Thus says Jehovah: Though they be at peace, and thus many, even thus shall they be shorn, and he shall pass through. And though I have afflicted thee, I will not afflict thee any more.
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And now I will break his brace from upon thee, and will pull off thy bonds.
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And Jehovah has commanded concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown; from the house of thy gods I will cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will set thy grave, for thou art vile.
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2: 1 Behold, on the mountains the feet of Him who brings good tidings, who makes peace to be heard! Celebrate, Judah, thy celebrations; repay thy vows; for Belial shall not again pass through thee any more; he is altogether cut off.
