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1Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.[#: (Heb. Massa’ ) a word used frequently to describe a prophetic statement against a foreign nation or occasionally Israel; it is used favorably for Israel in Zec 12:1 and Mal 1:1. : Nahum means “comfort.” Elkosh is a clan or village of unknown location, perhaps in southern Judah.]
2A jealous and avenging God is the Lord ,[#A poem written in the style of the alphabetic psalms (cf. Ps 9; 25; 111; 119) in which each verse unit begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The second half of the alphabet is not represented here.; #: see note on Ex 20:5.]
an avenger is the Lord , full of wrath;
The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries,
and rages against his enemies;
3The Lord is slow to anger, yet great in power;
the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
In stormwind and tempest he comes,
and clouds are the dust at his feet;
4He roars at the sea and leaves it dry,
and all the rivers he dries up.
Laid low are Bashan and Carmel,
and the bloom of Lebanon withers;
5The mountains quake before him,
and the hills dissolve;
The earth is laid waste before him,
the world and all who dwell in it.
6Before his wrath, who can stand firm,[#When God comes in judgment those who oppose God will be destroyed, and those who trust in God will be saved.]
and who can face his blazing anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
and boulders break apart before him.
7The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
a refuge on the day of distress,
Taking care of those who look to him for protection,
8when the flood rages;
He makes an end of his opponents,
and pursues his enemies into darkness.
9What do you plot against the Lord ,
the one about to bring total destruction?
No opponent rises a second time!
10Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled,[#Thorns (Is 34:13), drunkenness (Lam 4:21; Na 3:11), and burning stubble (Ob 18) are all images of the judgment of God’s enemies.]
and like drunkards, they are drunk;
like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.
11From you has come
one plotting evil against the Lord ,
one giving sinister counsel.
12Thus says the Lord :
though fully intact and so numerous,
they shall be mown down and disappear.
Though I have humbled you,
I will humble you no more.
13Now I will break his yoke off of you,
and tear off your bonds.
14The Lord has commanded regarding you:[#: the king of Assyria.]
no descendant will again bear your name;
From the house of your gods I will abolish
the carved and the molten image;
I will make your grave a dung heap.