Nahum 1 — BSB
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The Burden against Nineveh
1Verse 1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:Verse 2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;the LORD is avenging and full of wrath.The LORD takes vengeance on His foesand reserves wrath for His enemies.Verse 3The LORD is slow to angerand great in power;the LORD will by no meansleave the guilty unpunished.His path is in the whirlwind and storm,and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.Verse 4He rebukes the sea and dries it up;He makes all the rivers run dry.Bashan and Carmel wither,and the flower of Lebanon wilts.Verse 5The mountains quake before Him,and the hills melt away;the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.Verse 6Who can withstand His indignation?Who can endure His burning anger?His wrath is poured out like fire;even rocks are shattered before Him.Verse 7The LORD is good,a stronghold in the day of distress;He cares for those who trust in Him.Verse 8But with an overwhelming floodHe will make an end of Nineveh+
and pursue His enemies into darkness.Verse 9Whatever you plot against the LORD,He will bring to an end.Affliction will not rise upa second time.Verse 10For they will be entangled as with thornsand consumed like the drink of a drunkard—
like stubble that is fully dry.Verse 11From you, O Nineveh, comes fortha plotter of evil against the LORD,
a counselor of wickedness.Verse 12This is what the LORD says:
“Though they are allied and numerous,yet they will be cut down and pass away.Though I have afflicted you, O Judah,I will afflict you no longer.Verse 13For I will now break their yoke from your neckand tear away your shackles.”Verse 14The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh:
“There will be no descendantsto carry on your name.I will cut off the carved image and cast idolfrom the house of your gods;I will prepare your grave,for you are contemptible.”Verse 15Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news,
who proclaims peace!Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;fulfill your vows.For the wicked will never again march through you;they will be utterly cut off.