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1:1  The pronouncement concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1:2  The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is fierce in wrath. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he is furious with his enemies.
1:3  The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
1:4  He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; even the flower of Lebanon withers.
1:5  The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth trembles at his presence— the world and all who live in it.
1:6  Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before him.
1:7  The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of distress; he cares for those who take refuge in him.
1:8  But he will completely destroy Nineveh with an overwhelming flood, and he will chase his enemies into darkness.
1:9  Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will bring it to complete destruction; oppression will not rise up a second time.
1:10  For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.
1:11  One has gone out from you, who plots evil against the Lord, and is a wicked counselor.
1:12  This is what the Lord says: Though they are strong and numerous, they will still be mowed down, and he will pass away. Though I have punished you, I will punish you no longer.
1:13  For I will now break off his yoke from you and tear off your shackles.
1:14  The Lord has issued an order concerning you: There will be no offspring to carry on your name. I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.
1:15  Look to the mountains— the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace. Celebrate your festivals, Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked one will never again march through you; he will be entirely wiped out.