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Nahum 1:2-11
Legacy Standard Bible
Nahum 1:2-11
Legacy Standard Bible
Aleph
2 A (A)jealous and avenging God is [a]Yahweh;
Yahweh is (B)avenging and [b]wrathful.
Yahweh is (C)avenging against His adversaries,
And He keeps His anger for His enemies.
3 Yahweh is (D)slow to anger and great in power,
And Yahweh will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
Beth
Gimel
4 He (G)rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
(H)Bashan and Carmel languish;
The blossoms of Lebanon languish.
He
5 Mountains (I)quake because of Him,
Vav
And the hills (J)melt;
Indeed the earth is (K)upheaved by His presence,
The (L)world and all the inhabitants in it.
Zayin
Heth
Teth
7 Yahweh is (Q)good,
A strong defense in the day of distress,
Yodh
Kaph
9 Whatever you (U)devise against Yahweh,
He will make a (V)complete destruction of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.
10 Like tangled (W)thorns,
And like those who are (X)drunken with their drink,
They are (Y)consumed
As stubble fully dried up.
11 From you has gone forth
One who (Z)devised evil against Yahweh,
A [d](AA)vile counselor.
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:2 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
- Nahum 1:2 Lit a possessor of wrath
- Nahum 1:9 Nineveh’s
- Nahum 1:11 Or worthless; Heb Belial
Nahum 1:2-11
New International Version
Nahum 1:2-11
New International Version
The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh
2 The Lord is a jealous(A) and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance(B) and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.(C)
3 The Lord is slow to anger(D) but great in power;
the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.(E)
His way is in the whirlwind(F) and the storm,(G)
and clouds(H) are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes(I) the sea and dries it up;(J)
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel(K) wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
5 The mountains quake(L) before him
and the hills melt away.(M)
The earth trembles(N) at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.(O)
6 Who can withstand(P) his indignation?
Who can endure(Q) his fierce anger?(R)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(S)
the rocks are shattered(T) before him.
7 The Lord is good,(U)
a refuge in times of trouble.(V)
He cares for(W) those who trust in him,(X)
8 but with an overwhelming flood(Y)
he will make an end of Nineveh;
he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
9 Whatever they plot(Z) against the Lord
he will bring[a] to an end;
trouble will not come a second time.
10 They will be entangled among thorns(AA)
and drunk(AB) from their wine;
they will be consumed like dry stubble.[b](AC)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
who plots evil against the Lord
and devises wicked plans.
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:9 Or What do you foes plot against the Lord? / He will bring it
- Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
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