Nahum 1 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

God Is Awesome

1 The (A)pronouncement of (B)Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

2 A (C)jealous and avenging God is the Lord;
The Lord is (D)avenging and [a]wrathful.
The Lord takes (E)vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
3 The Lord is (F)slow to anger and great in power,
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In the (G)gale and the storm is His way,
And (H)clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
4 He (I)rebukes the sea and dries it up;
He dries up all the rivers.
(J)Bashan and Carmel wither,
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
5 Mountains (K)quake because of Him,
And the hills (L)come apart;
Indeed the earth is (M)upheaved by His presence,
The (N)world and all the inhabitants in it.
6 (O)Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the (P)burning of His anger?
His (Q)wrath gushes forth like fire,
And the (R)rocks are broken up by Him.
7 The Lord is (S)good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And (T)He knows those who take refuge in Him.
8 But with an (U)overflowing flood
He will make a complete end of [b]its site,
And will pursue His enemies into (V)darkness.

9 Whatever you (W)devise against the Lord,
He will make a (X)complete end of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.
10 Like tangled (Y)thorns,
And like those who are (Z)drunken with their drink,
They are (AA)consumed
Like stubble completely dried up.
11 From you has gone out
One who (AB)plotted evil against the Lord,
A [c](AC)wicked counselor.

12 This is what the Lord says:

“Though they are at full strength and so they are many,
So also they will be (AD)cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you (AE)no longer.
13 So now, I will (AF)break his yoke from upon you,
And I will tear your shackles to pieces.”

14 The Lord has issued a command concerning [d]you:
“[e]Your name will (AG)no longer be perpetuated.
I will eliminate the (AH)carved image and the cast metal image
From the house of your gods.
I will prepare your (AI)grave,
For you are contemptible.”

15 [f]Behold, (AJ)on the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news,
Who announces peace!
(AK)Celebrate your feasts, Judah,
Pay your vows.
For (AL)never again will the [g]wicked one pass through you;
He is (AM)eliminated completely.

Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:2 Lit a possessor of wrath
  2. Nahum 1:8 I.e., Nineveh’s
  3. Nahum 1:11 Or worthless; Heb Belial
  4. Nahum 1:14 I.e., the king of Nineveh
  5. Nahum 1:14 Lit No more of your name will be sown
  6. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Heb
  7. Nahum 1:15 Or worthless one; Heb Belial

Cross references

  1. Nahum 1:1 : Is 13:1; 19:1; Jer 23:33, 34; Hab 1:1; Zech 9:1; Mal 1:1
  2. Nahum 1:1 : 2 Kin 19:36; Jon 1:2; Nah 2:8; Zeph 2:13
  3. Nahum 1:2 : Ex 20:5; Josh 24:19
  4. Nahum 1:2 : Deut 32:35, 41
  5. Nahum 1:2 : Ps 94:1
  6. Nahum 1:3 : Ex 34:6, 7; Neh 9:17; Ps 103:8
  7. Nahum 1:3 : Ex 19:16; Is 29:6
  8. Nahum 1:3 : Ps 104:3; Is 19:1
  9. Nahum 1:4 : Josh 3:15, 16; Ps 106:9; Is 50:2; Matt 8:26
  10. Nahum 1:4 : Is 33:9
  11. Nahum 1:5 : Ex 19:18; 2 Sam 22:8; Ps 18:7
  12. Nahum 1:5 : Mic 1:4
  13. Nahum 1:5 : Is 24:1, 20
  14. Nahum 1:5 : Ps 98:7
  15. Nahum 1:6 : Jer 10:10; Mal 3:2
  16. Nahum 1:6 : Is 13:13
  17. Nahum 1:6 : Is 66:15
  18. Nahum 1:6 : 1 Kin 19:11
  19. Nahum 1:7 : Ps 25:8; 37:39, 40; Jer 33:11
  20. Nahum 1:7 : Ps 1:6; John 10:14; 2 Tim 2:19
  21. Nahum 1:8 : Is 28:2, 17f; Amos 8:8
  22. Nahum 1:8 : Is 13:9, 10
  23. Nahum 1:9 : Ps 2:1; Nah 1:11
  24. Nahum 1:9 : Is 28:22
  25. Nahum 1:10 : 2 Sam 23:6; Mic 7:4
  26. Nahum 1:10 : Is 56:12; Nah 3:11
  27. Nahum 1:10 : Is 5:24; 10:17; Mal 4:1
  28. Nahum 1:11 : Is 10:7-11; Nah 1:9
  29. Nahum 1:11 : Ezek 11:2
  30. Nahum 1:12 : Is 10:16-19, 33, 34
  31. Nahum 1:12 : Lam 3:31, 32
  32. Nahum 1:13 : Is 9:4; 10:27; Jer 2:20
  33. Nahum 1:14 : Job 18:17; Ps 109:13; Is 14:22
  34. Nahum 1:14 : Is 46:1, 2; Mic 5:13, 14
  35. Nahum 1:14 : Ezek 32:22, 23
  36. Nahum 1:15 : Is 40:9; 52:7; Rom 10:15
  37. Nahum 1:15 : Lev 23:2, 4
  38. Nahum 1:15 : Is 52:1; Joel 3:17
  39. Nahum 1:15 : Is 29:7, 8

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