¶ The burden¹ of Nineveh². The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

¶ God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth³; the LORD revengeth⁴, and is furious⁵; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth⁶ wrath for his enemies.

The LORD is slow⁷ to anger, and great⁸ in power, and will⁹ not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way¹⁰ in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

He rebuketh¹¹ the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth¹² up all the rivers: Bashan¹³ languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

The mountains¹⁴ quake at him, and the hills¹⁵ melt, and the earth¹⁶ is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

Who can stand¹⁷ before his indignation? and who can abide¹⁸ in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

The LORD¹⁹ is good, a strong hold²⁰ in the²¹ day of trouble; and he²² knoweth them that²³ trust in him.

But with²⁴ an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place²⁵ thereof, and darkness²⁶ shall pursue his enemies.

¶ What do²⁷ ye imagine against the LORD? he²⁸ will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

¶ For while they be²⁹ folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken³⁰ as drunkards, they shall³¹ be devoured as stubble fully dry.

There is one³² come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor³³.

Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through³⁴. Though I have afflicted thee, I will³⁷ afflict thee no more.

For now will I³⁸ break his yoke from off thee, and will burst³⁹ thy bonds in sunder.

And the LORD hath given⁴⁰ a commandment concerning thee, that⁴¹ no more of thy name be sown: out⁴² of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make⁴³ thy grave; for⁴⁴ thou art vile.

Behold upon⁴⁵ the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep⁴⁶ thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked⁴⁷ shall no⁴⁸ more pass through thee; he⁴⁹ is utterly cut off.