Nahum 1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ The pronouncement  concerning Nineveh.  The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

God’s Vengeance

² The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is fierce in   wrath. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he is furious with his enemies.

³ The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.

⁴ He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; even the flower of Lebanon withers.

⁵ The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth trembles  , at his presence – the world and all who live in it.

⁶ Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before him.

Destruction of Nineveh

⁷ The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of distress; he cares for those who take refuge  in him.

⁸ But he will completely destroy Nineveh with an overwhelming flood, and he will chase his enemies into darkness.

⁹ Whatever you  plot against the  Lord, he will bring it to complete destruction; oppression will not rise up a second time.

¹⁰ For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.

¹¹ One has gone out from you, who plots evil against the Lord, and is a wicked counsellor.

Promise of Judah’s Deliverance

¹² This is what the Lord says: Though they are strong  and numerous, they will still be mowed down, and he  will pass away. Though I have punished you,  , I will punish you no longer.

¹³ For I will now break off his yoke from you and tear off your shackles.

The Assyrian King’s Demise

¹⁴ The Lord has issued an order concerning you: There will be no offspring to carry on your name.  , I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.

¹⁵ Look to the mountains – the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace. Celebrate your festivals, Judah; fulfil your vows. For the wicked one will never again march through you; he will be entirely wiped out.