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
English Standard Version
God's Wrath Against Nineveh
2 (A)The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
(B)the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and (C)keeps wrath for his enemies.
3 (D)The Lord is slow to anger and (E)great in power,
and (F)the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
(G)His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 (H)He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
he dries up all the rivers;
(I)Bashan and (J)Carmel wither;
the bloom of (K)Lebanon withers.
5 (L)The mountains quake before him;
(M)the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
(N)the world and all who dwell in it.
6 (O)Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath (P)is poured out like fire,
and (Q)the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
7 (R)The Lord is good,
(S)a stronghold in the day of trouble;
(T)he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 But (U)with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,[a]
and (V)will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What (W)do you plot against the Lord?
(X)He will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are (Y)like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
(Z)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
(AA)who plotted evil against the Lord,
a worthless counselor.
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:8 Hebrew of her place
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