Nahum 1

Superscription

¹The oracle concerning Nineveh—

Half-Acrostic: Yahweh Takes Vengeance against His Enemies

²Yahweh is a jealous God and avenging;

Yahweh takes vengeance against his enemies;

³Yahweh is slow to anger but great in power;

He marches in storm wind and in gale;

⁴He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers;

Bashan and Carmel wither;

⁵Mountains quake before him;

The earth heaves before him—

⁶His indignation—who can stand before it?

His wrath is poured out like fire;

⁷Yahweh is good—a refuge in the day of distress;

⁸But with a rushing torrent he will bring Nineveh to an end;

Yahweh Will Destroy Nineveh

⁹What do you plot against Yahweh?[#Or “Why …?”]

¹⁰For like entangled thorns,

¹¹From you goes out one who plots evil against Yahweh,

Yahweh Will Deliver Judah and Destroy Nineveh

¹²Yahweh says this:

“Even though they are powerful and likewise many,

Though I have afflicted you,

¹³And now, I will break his yoke from upon you;

¹⁴Yahweh has commanded concerning you:

“Your name will no longer be sown.

¹⁵Look! On the mountains![#Nahum 1:15–2:13 in the English Bible is 2:1–14 in the Hebrew Bible]

“Celebrate a festival, O Judah,

For he will not invade you again;