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1. The burden of Nineve: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite.
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1. The burden H4853 of Nineveh H5210 . The book H5612 of the vision H2377 of Nahum H5151 the Elkoshite H512 .
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2. God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; the Lord avenges with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he cuts off his enemies.
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2. God H410 is jealous H7072 , and the LORD H3068 revengeth H5358 ; the LORD H3068 revengeth H5358 , and is furious H1167 H2534 ; the LORD H3068 will take vengeance H5358 on his adversaries H6862 , and he H1931 reserveth H5201 wrath for his enemies H341 .
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3. The Lord is long-suffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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3. The LORD H3068 is slow H750 to anger H639 , and great H1419 in power H3581 , and will not at all acquit H5352 H3808 H5352 the wicked : the LORD H3068 hath his way H1870 in the whirlwind H5492 and in the storm H8183 , and the clouds H6051 are the dust H80 of his feet H7272 .
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4. He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing trees of Libanus have come to nought.
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4. He rebuketh H1605 the sea H3220 , and maketh it dry H3001 , and drieth up H2717 all H3605 the rivers H5104 : Bashan H1316 languisheth H535 , and Carmel H3760 , and the flower H6525 of Lebanon H3844 languisheth H535 .
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5. The mountains quake Gr. by him at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, even the world, and all that dwell in it.
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5. The mountains H2022 quake H7493 at H4480 him , and the hills H1389 melt H4127 , and the earth H776 is burned H5375 at his presence H4480 H6440 , yea , the world H8398 , and all H3605 that dwell H3427 therein.
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6. Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nought kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him.
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6. Who H4310 can stand H5975 before H6440 his indignation H2195 ? and who H4310 can abide H6965 in the fierceness H2740 of his anger H639 ? his fury H2534 is poured out H5413 like fire H784 , and the rocks H6697 are thrown down H5422 by H4480 him.
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7. The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.
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7. The LORD H3068 is good H2896 , a stronghold H4581 in the day H3117 of trouble H6869 ; and he knoweth H3045 them that trust H2620 in him.
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8. But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against him and his enemies.
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8. But with an overrunning H5674 flood H7858 he will make H6213 an utter end H3617 of the place H4725 thereof , and darkness H2822 shall pursue H7291 his enemies H341 .
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9. What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.
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9. What H4100 do ye imagine H2803 against H413 the LORD H3068 ? he H1931 will make H6213 an utter end H3617 : affliction H6869 shall not H3808 rise up H6965 the second time H6471 .
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10. For the enemy shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.
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10. For H3588 while H5704 they be folded together H5440 as thorns H5518 , and while they are drunken H5435 as drunkards H5433 , they shall be devoured H398 as stubble H7179 fully H4390 dry H3002 .
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11. Out of thee shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile to him.
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11. There is one come out H3318 of H4480 thee , that imagineth H2803 evil H7451 against H5921 the LORD H3068 , a wicked H1100 counselor H3289 .
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12. Thus saith the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of thee shall not be heard any more.
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12. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Though H518 they be quiet H8003 , and likewise H3651 many H7227 , yet thus H3651 shall they be cut down H1494 , when he shall pass through H5674 . Though I have afflicted H6031 thee , I will afflict H6031 thee no H3808 more H5750 .
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13. And now will I break his rod from off thee, and will burst thy bonds.
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13. For now H6258 will I break H7665 his yoke H4132 from off H4480 H5921 thee , and will burst thy bonds in sunder H5423 H4147 .
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14. And the Lord shall give a command concerning thee; there shall no more of thy name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven images out of the house of thy god, and the molten images: I will make thy grave; for they are swift.
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14. And the LORD H3068 hath given a commandment H6680 concerning H5921 thee, that no H3808 more H5750 of thy name H4480 H8034 be sown H2232 : out of the house H4480 H1004 of thy gods H430 will I cut off H3772 the graven image H6459 and the molten image H4541 : I will make H7760 thy grave H6913 ; for H3588 thou art vile H7043 .
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15. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and publishes peace! O Juda, keep thy feasts, pay thy vows: for they shall no more pass through thee to Compare Heb thy decay.
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15. Behold H2009 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 the feet H7272 of him that bringeth good tidings H1319 , that publisheth H8085 peace H7965 ! O Judah H3063 , keep H2287 thy solemn feasts H2282 , perform H7999 thy vows H5088 : for H3588 the wicked H1100 shall no H3808 more H3254 H5750 pass through H5674 thee ; he is utterly H3605 cut off H3772 .
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