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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

In (E)whirlwind and storm is His way,
And (F)clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

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

6 (M)Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the (N)burning of His anger?

Heth

His (O)wrath is poured out like fire,
And the (P)rocks are torn down by Him.

Teth

7 Yahweh is (Q)good,
A strong defense in the day of distress,

Yodh

And (R)He knows those who take refuge in Him.
8 But with an (S)overflowing flood

Kaph

He will make a complete destruction of [c]its place
And will pursue His enemies into (T)darkness.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:2 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. Nahum 1:2 Lit a possessor of wrath
  3. Nahum 1:9 Nineveh’s
  4. Nahum 1:11 Or worthless; Heb Belial
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Nahum 1:2-11
Revised Standard Version

The Consuming Wrath of God

2 The Lord is a jealous God and avenging,
    the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
    and keeps wrath for his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger and of great might,
    and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.

His way is in whirlwind and storm,
    and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
    he dries up all the rivers;
Bashan and Carmel wither,
    the bloom of Lebanon fades.
5 The mountains quake before him,
    the hills melt;
the earth is laid waste before him,
    the world and all that dwell therein.

6 Who can stand before his indignation?
    Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
    and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
7 The Lord is good,
    a stronghold in the day of trouble;
    he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 But with an overflowing flood
    he will make a full end of his adversaries,[a]
    and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What do you plot against the Lord?
    He will make a full end;
    he will not take vengeance[b] twice on his foes.[c]
10 Like entangled thorns they are consumed,[d]
    like dry stubble.
11 Did one not[e] come out from you,
    who plotted evil against the Lord,
    and counseled villainy?

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:8 Gk: Heb her place
  2. Nahum 1:9 Gk: Heb rise up
  3. Nahum 1:9 Cn: Heb distress
  4. Nahum 1:10 Heb are consumed, drunken as with their drink
  5. Nahum 1:11 Cn: Heb fully
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