New American Standard Bible 1995

Nahum 1:3-12

3The Lord is 1slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In 2whirlwind and storm is His way, And 3clouds are the dust beneath His feet.4He 4rebukes the sea and makes it dry; He dries up all the rivers. 5Bashan and Carmel wither; The blossoms of Lebanon wither.5Mountains 6quake because of Him And the hills 7dissolve; Indeed the earth is 8upheaved by His presence, The 9world and all the inhabitants in it.6 10Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the 11burning of His anger? His 12wrath is poured out like fire And the 13rocks are broken up by Him.7The Lord is 14good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And 15He knows those who take refuge in Him.8But with an 16overflowing flood He will make a complete end of 17its site, And will pursue His enemies into 18darkness.

9Whatever you 19devise against the Lord, He will make a 20complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice.10Like tangled 21thorns, And like those who are 22drunken with their drink, They are 23consumed As stubble completely withered.11From you has gone forth One who 24plotted evil against the Lord, A 25 26wicked counselor. 12Thus says the Lord, “Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be 27cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you 28no longer.

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Notes

1. Nahum 1:3 Ex 34:6, 7; Neh 9:17; Ps 103:8 ↩
2. Nahum 1:3 Ex 19:16; Is 29:6 ↩
3. Nahum 1:3 Ps 104:3; Is 19:1 ↩
4. Nahum 1:4 Josh 3:15, 16; Ps 106:9; Is 50:2; Matt 8:26 ↩
5. Nahum 1:4 Is 33:9 ↩
6. Nahum 1:5 Ex 19:18; 2 Sam 22:8; Ps 18:7 ↩
7. Nahum 1:5 Mic 1:4 ↩
8. Nahum 1:5 Is 24:1, 20 ↩
9. Nahum 1:5 Ps 98:7 ↩
10. Nahum 1:6 Jer 10:10; Mal 3:2 ↩
11. Nahum 1:6 Is 13:13 ↩
12. Nahum 1:6 Is 66:15 ↩
13. Nahum 1:6 1 Kin 19:11 ↩
14. Nahum 1:7 Ps 25:8; 37:39, 40; Jer 33:11 ↩
15. Nahum 1:7 Ps 1:6; John 10:14; 2 Tim 2:19 ↩
16. Nahum 1:8 Is 28:2, 17f; Amos 8:8 ↩
17. Nahum 1:8 I.e. Nineveh’s ↩
18. Nahum 1:8 Is 13:9, 10 ↩
19. Nahum 1:9 Ps 2:1; Nah 1:11 ↩
20. Nahum 1:9 Is 28:22 ↩
21. Nahum 1:10 2 Sam 23:6; Mic 7:4 ↩
22. Nahum 1:10 Is 56:12; Nah 3:11 ↩
23. Nahum 1:10 Is 5:24; 10:17; Mal 4:1 ↩
24. Nahum 1:11 Is 10:7-11; Nah 1:9 ↩
25. Nahum 1:11 Or worthless; Heb Belial ↩
26. Nahum 1:11 Ezek 11:2 ↩
27. Nahum 1:12 Is 10:16-19, 33, 34 ↩
28. Nahum 1:12 Lam 3:31, 32 ↩

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