New American Standard Bible 1995

Nahum 1

God Is Awesome

1The 1 2oracle of 3Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

2A 4jealous and avenging God is the Lord; The Lord is 5avenging and 6wrathful. The Lord takes 7vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies.3The Lord is 8slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In 9whirlwind and storm is His way, And 10clouds are the dust beneath His feet.4He 11rebukes the sea and makes it dry; He dries up all the rivers. 12Bashan and Carmel wither; The blossoms of Lebanon wither.5Mountains 13quake because of Him And the hills 14dissolve; Indeed the earth is 15upheaved by His presence, The 16world and all the inhabitants in it.6 17Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the 18burning of His anger? His 19wrath is poured out like fire And the 20rocks are broken up by Him.7The Lord is 21good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And 22He knows those who take refuge in Him.8But with an 23overflowing flood He will make a complete end of 24its site, And will pursue His enemies into 25darkness.

9Whatever you 26devise against the Lord, He will make a 27complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice.10Like tangled 28thorns, And like those who are 29drunken with their drink, They are 30consumed As stubble completely withered.11From you has gone forth One who 31plotted evil against the Lord, A 32 33wicked counselor. 12Thus says the Lord, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be 34cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you 35no longer.13So now, I will 36break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will tear off your shackles.”

14The Lord has issued a command concerning 37you: “38Your name will 39no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off 40 41idol and 42image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your 43grave, For you are contemptible.”

15 44Behold, 45on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace! 46Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay your vows. For 47never again will the 48wicked one pass through you; He is 49cut off completely.

Notes

1. Nahum 1:1 Or burden ↩
2. Nahum 1:1 Is 13:1; 19:1; Jer 23:33, 34; Hab 1:1; Zech 9:1; Mal 1:1 ↩
3. Nahum 1:1 2 Kin 19:36; Jon 1:2; Nah 2:8; Zeph 2:13 ↩
4. Nahum 1:2 Ex 20:5; Josh 24:19 ↩
5. Nahum 1:2 Deut 32:35, 41 ↩
6. Nahum 1:2 Lit a possessor of wrath ↩
7. Nahum 1:2 Ps 94:1 ↩
8. Nahum 1:3 Ex 34:6, 7; Neh 9:17; Ps 103:8 ↩
9. Nahum 1:3 Ex 19:16; Is 29:6 ↩
10. Nahum 1:3 Ps 104:3; Is 19:1 ↩
11. Nahum 1:4 Josh 3:15, 16; Ps 106:9; Is 50:2; Matt 8:26 ↩
12. Nahum 1:4 Is 33:9 ↩
13. Nahum 1:5 Ex 19:18; 2 Sam 22:8; Ps 18:7 ↩
14. Nahum 1:5 Mic 1:4 ↩
15. Nahum 1:5 Is 24:1, 20 ↩
16. Nahum 1:5 Ps 98:7 ↩
17. Nahum 1:6 Jer 10:10; Mal 3:2 ↩
18. Nahum 1:6 Is 13:13 ↩
19. Nahum 1:6 Is 66:15 ↩
20. Nahum 1:6 1 Kin 19:11 ↩
21. Nahum 1:7 Ps 25:8; 37:39, 40; Jer 33:11 ↩
22. Nahum 1:7 Ps 1:6; John 10:14; 2 Tim 2:19 ↩
23. Nahum 1:8 Is 28:2, 17f; Amos 8:8 ↩
24. Nahum 1:8 I.e. Nineveh’s ↩
25. Nahum 1:8 Is 13:9, 10 ↩
26. Nahum 1:9 Ps 2:1; Nah 1:11 ↩
27. Nahum 1:9 Is 28:22 ↩
28. Nahum 1:10 2 Sam 23:6; Mic 7:4 ↩
29. Nahum 1:10 Is 56:12; Nah 3:11 ↩
30. Nahum 1:10 Is 5:24; 10:17; Mal 4:1 ↩
31. Nahum 1:11 Is 10:7-11; Nah 1:9 ↩
32. Nahum 1:11 Or worthless; Heb Belial ↩
33. Nahum 1:11 Ezek 11:2 ↩
34. Nahum 1:12 Is 10:16-19, 33, 34 ↩
35. Nahum 1:12 Lam 3:31, 32 ↩
36. Nahum 1:13 Is 9:4; 10:27; Jer 2:20 ↩
37. Nahum 1:14 I.e. the king of Nineveh ↩
38. Nahum 1:14 Lit No more of your name will be sown ↩
39. Nahum 1:14 Job 18:17; Ps 109:13; Is 14:22 ↩
40. Nahum 1:14 Or a graven image ↩
41. Nahum 1:14 Is 46:1, 2; Mic 5:13, 14 ↩
42. Nahum 1:14 Lit cast metal image ↩
43. Nahum 1:14 Ezek 32:22, 23 ↩
44. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Heb ↩
45. Nahum 1:15 Is 40:9; 52:7; Rom 10:15 ↩
46. Nahum 1:15 Lev 23:2, 4 ↩
47. Nahum 1:15 Is 52:1; Joel 3:17 ↩
48. Nahum 1:15 Or worthless one; Heb Belial ↩
49. Nahum 1:15 Is 29:7, 8 ↩

God Is Awesome

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