1 The burden 2 Kin. 19:36; Jon. 1:2; Nah. 2:8; Zeph. 2:13 against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God’s Wrath on His Enemies God is Ex. 20:5; Josh. 24:19 jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
3 The Lord is Ex. 34:6, 7; Neh. 9:17; Ps. 103:8 slow to anger and (Job 9:4) great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. Ps. 18:17 The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4 Josh. 3:15, 16; Ps. 106:9; Is. 50:2; Matt. 8:26 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Is. 33:9 Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
5 The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before His indignation? And Jer. 10:10; (Mal. 3:2) who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7 Ps. 25:8; 37:39, 40; 100:5; (Jer. 33:11); Lam. 3:25 The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And Ps. 1:6; John 10:14;2 Tim. 2:19 He knows those who trust in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.
9 Ps. 2:1; Nah. 1:11 What do you conspire against the Lord ? 1 Sam. 3:12 He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
10 For while tangled 2 Sam. 23:6; Mic. 7:4 like thorns, Is. 56:12; Nah. 3:11 And while drunken like drunkards, Is. 5:24; 10:17; Mal. 4:1 They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
11 From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord , A wicked counselor.
12 Thus says the Lord : “Though they are safe, and likewise many, Yet in this manner they will be (Is. 10:16–19, 33, 34) cut down When he passes through. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more;
13 For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart.”
14 The Lord has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will dig your Ezek. 32:22, 23 grave, For you are Nah. 3:6 vile.”
15 Behold, on the mountains The Is. 40:9; 52:7; Rom. 10:15 feet of him who brings good tidings, Who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your appointed feasts, Perform your vows. For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; He is Is. 29:7, 8 utterly cut off.