Nahum 1:1WEB
A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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NahumWEB
Nahum 1:1WEB
A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Nahum 1:2WEB
Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Nahum 1:3WEB
Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Nahum 1:4WEB
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languish. The flower of Lebanon languishes.
Nahum 1:5WEB
The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
Nahum 1:6WEB
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
Nahum 1:7WEB
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Nahum 1:8WEB
But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
Nahum 1:9WEB
What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Nahum 1:10WEB
For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
Nahum 1:11WEB
One has gone out of you who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Nahum 1:12WEB
Yahweh says: “Though they are in full strength and likewise many, even so they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Nahum 1:13WEB
Now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”
Nahum 1:14WEB
Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, I will cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Nahum 1:15WEB
Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.