(A)The Lord is good,
    (B)a stronghold in the day of trouble;
(C)he knows those who take refuge in him.
    But (D)with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,[a]
    and (E)will pursue his enemies into darkness.
What (F)do you plot against the Lord?
    (G)He will make a complete end;
    trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are (H)like entangled thorns,
    like drunkards as they drink;
    (I)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
    (J)who plotted evil against the Lord,
    a worthless counselor.

12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
    (K)they will be cut down and pass away.
(L)Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.
13 And now (M)I will break his yoke from off you
    and will burst your bonds apart.”

14 The Lord has given commandment about you:
    (N)“No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from (O)the house of your gods I will cut off
    the carved image and the metal image.
(P)I will make your grave, (Q)for you are vile.”

15 [b] (R)Behold, upon the mountains, (S)the feet of him
    who brings good news,
    who publishes peace!
(T)Keep your feasts, O Judah;
    (U)fulfill your vows,
(V)for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
    he is utterly cut off.

The Destruction of Nineveh

(W)The scatterer has come up against you.
    (X)Man the ramparts;
    watch the road;
dress for battle;[c]
    collect all your strength.

For (Y)the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
    as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
    and (Z)ruined their branches.

The shield of his mighty men is red;
    (AA)his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
    on the day he musters them;
    the cypress spears are brandished.

Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:8 Hebrew of her place
  2. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
  3. Nahum 2:1 Hebrew gird your loins

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