Nahum 1
1
Yahweh’s Wrath Against Nineveh
1The #1:1 Or burdenoracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Aleph
2¶A jealous and avenging God is #1:2 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15Yahweh;
Yahweh is avenging and #1:2 Lit a possessor of wrathwrathful.
Yahweh is avenging against His adversaries,
And He keeps His anger for His enemies.
3Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power,
And Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
Beth
In whirlwind and storm is His way,
And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Gimel
4He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel languish;
The blossoms of Lebanon languish.
He
5Mountains quake because of Him,
Vav
And the hills melt;
Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence,
The world and all the inhabitants in it.
Zayin
6Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the burning of His anger?
Heth
His wrath is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are torn down by Him.
Teth
7Yahweh is good,
A strong defense in the day of distress,
Yodh
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
8But with an overflowing flood
Kaph
He will make a complete destruction of #1:8 Nineveh’sits place
And will pursue His enemies into darkness.
9¶Whatever you devise against Yahweh,
He will make a complete destruction of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.
10Like tangled thorns,
And like those who are drunken with their drink,
They are consumed
As stubble fully dried up.
11From you has gone forth
One who devised evil against Yahweh,
A #1:11 Or worthless; Heb Belialvile counselor.
12Thus says Yahweh,
“Though they are at full strength and likewise many,
Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no longer.
13“So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you,
And I will break your bands apart.”
14¶And Yahweh has commanded concerning #1:14 The king of Ninevehyou:
“#1:14 Lit No more of your name will be sownThere 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¶#1:15 Ch 2:1 in HebBehold, on the mountains the feet of him who proclaims good news,
Who #1:15 Or causes peace to be heardannounces peace!
Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;
Pay your vows.
For never again will the #1:15 Or worthless; Heb Belialvile one pass through you;
He is cut off completely.
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