Nahum

¹ The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

² A jealous and avenging God is Yahweh; Yahweh is avenging and wrathful. Yahweh is avenging against His adversaries, And He keeps His anger for His enemies.

³ And Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. ב  Beth In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

⁴ He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish; The blossoms of Lebanon languish.

⁵ Mountains quake because of Him, ו  Vav And the hills melt; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.

⁶ Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? ח  Heth His wrath is poured out like fire, And the rocks are torn down by Him.

⁷ Yahweh is good, A strong defense in the day of distress, י  Yodh And He knows those who take refuge in Him.

⁸ כ  Kaph He will make a complete destruction of its place And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

⁹ He will make a complete destruction of it. Distress will not rise up twice.

¹⁰ And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble fully dried up.

¹¹ One who devised evil against Yahweh, A vile counselor.

¹² Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer.

¹³ And I will break your bands apart.”

¹⁴ “There will no longer be seed from your name. From the house of your gods, I will cut off graven image and molten image. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.”

¹⁵ Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay your vows. For never again will the vile one pass through you; He is cut off completely.