“1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the
Elkoshite.”
“2 God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and
[is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he
reserveth [wrath] for his enemies. 3 The LORD [is] slow to anger, and
great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath
his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust
of his feet. 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all
the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon
languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the
earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell
therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in
the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the
rocks are thrown down by him. 7 The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the
day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8 But with an
overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and
darkness shall pursue his enemies.”
“9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while [they be]
folden together [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards,
they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is [one] come out
of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. 12
Thus saith the LORD; Though [they be] quiet, and likewise many, yet thus
shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have
afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13 For now will I break his
yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And the LORD
hath given a commandment concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be
sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and
the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. 15 Behold
upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for
the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.”
(Nahum 1:1-15 AV)