1 ¶ The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. See also: Zephaniah 2:13 Jonah 1:2 Zechariah 9:1 Genesis 10:11 Isaiah 13:1
2 ¶ God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. See also: Exodus 20:5 Zechariah 8:2 Exodus 34:14 Psalms 94:1 Deuteronomy 4:24
3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. See also: Psalms 147:5 Exodus 34:6-7 Nehemiah 9:17 Psalms 103:8 Psalms 104:3
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. See also: Psalms 106:9 Isaiah 33:9 Joshua 3:13-15 Psalms 74:15 Psalms 104:7
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. See also: Micah 1:4 2 Samuel 22:8 Jeremiah 4:24 Judges 5:5 Psalms 68:8
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. See also: Jeremiah 10:10 Malachi 3:2 Deuteronomy 32:22-23 Psalms 76:7 Nahum 1:2
7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. See also: John 10:27 2 Timothy 2:19 Lamentations 3:25 John 10:14 Psalms 91:1-2
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. See also: Ezekiel 13:13 Isaiah 8:22 Isaiah 28:17 Job 30:15 Amos 8:8
9 ¶ What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. See also: Psalms 21:11 Proverbs 21:30 Psalms 33:10 2 Corinthians 10:5 Psalms 2:1-4
10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. See also: Micah 7:4 Isaiah 5:24 Nahum 3:11 Malachi 4:1 2 Samuel 23:6-7
11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. See also: Nahum 1:9 2 Chronicles 13:7 1 Samuel 2:12 2 Samuel 20:1 2 Kings 18:13-14
12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. See also: Isaiah 30:19 Joel 2:19 Isaiah 7:20 Isaiah 17:14 Isaiah 31:8
13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. See also: Isaiah 10:27 Isaiah 9:4 Psalms 107:14 Jeremiah 2:20 Isaiah 14:25
14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. See also: Psalms 109:13 Micah 5:13 Proverbs 10:7 Isaiah 46:1-2 2 Kings 19:37
15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. See also: Isaiah 52:7 Romans 10:15 Isaiah 40:9-10 Acts 10:36 Isaiah 29:7-8