Online Bible

God Is Awesome

The ^apronouncement of ^bNineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

2 A ^ajealous and avenging God is the LORD;The LORD is ^bavenging and ¹wrathful.The LORD takes ^cvengeance on His adversaries,And He reserves wrath for His enemies.3 The LORD is ^aslow to anger and great in power,And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.In the ^bgale and the storm is His way,And ^cclouds are the dust beneath His feet.4 He ^arebukes the sea and dries it up;He dries up all the rivers.^bBashan and Carmel wither,The blossoms of Lebanon wither.5 Mountains ^aquake because of Him,And the hills ^bcome apart;Indeed the earth is ^cupheaved by His presence,The ^dworld and all the inhabitants in it.6 ^aWho can stand before His indignation?Who can endure the ^bburning of His anger?His ^cwrath gushes forth like fire,And the ^drocks are broken up by Him.7 The LORD is ^agood,A stronghold in the day of trouble,And ^bHe knows those who take refuge in Him.8 But with an ^aoverflowing floodHe will make a complete end of ¹its site,And will pursue His enemies into ^bdarkness.

9 Whatever you ^adevise against the LORD,He will make a ^bcomplete end of it.Distress will not rise up twice.10 Like tangled ^athorns,And like those who are ^bdrunken with their drink,They are ^cconsumedLike stubble completely dried up.11 From you has gone outOne who ^aplotted evil against the LORD,A ¹^bwicked counselor.

12 This is what the LORD says:“Though they are at full strength and so they are many,So also they will be ^acut off and pass away.Though I have afflicted you,I will afflict you ^bno longer.

13 “So now, I will ^abreak his yoke from upon you,And I will tear your shackles to pieces.”

14 The LORD has issued a command concerning ¹you:“²Your name will ^ano longer be perpetuated.I will eliminate the ^bcarved image and the cast metal imageFrom the house of your gods.I will prepare your ^cgrave,For you are contemptible.”

15 ¹Behold, ^aon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news,Who announces peace!^bCelebrate your feasts, Judah,Pay your vows.For ^cnever again will the ²wicked one pass through you;He is ^deliminated completely.