Dual Panel1The oracle <04853> against Nineveh <05210>; the book <05612> of the vision <02377> of Nahum <05151> the Elkoshite <0512>:
2The Lord <0410> is a zealous <07072> and avenging <05358> God <03069>; the Lord <03069> is avenging <05358> and very angry <02534>. The Lord <03069> takes vengeance <05358> against his foes <06862>; he sustains <05201> his rage <05201> against his enemies <0341>.
3The Lord <03068> is slow <0750> to anger <0639> but great <01419> in power <01419>; the Lord <03068> will certainly not <03808> allow <05352> the wicked to go unpunished <05352>. He marches out <01870> in the whirlwind <05492> and the raging storm <08183>; dark storm clouds <06051> billow like dust <080> under his feet <07272>.
4He shouts <01605> a battle cry against the sea <03220> and makes it dry up <03001>; he makes all <03605> the rivers <05104> run dry <02717>. Bashan <01316> and Carmel <03760> wither <0536>; the blossom <06525> of Lebanon <03844> withers <0536>.
5The mountains <02022> tremble <07493> before him, the hills <01389> convulse <04127>; the earth <0776> is laid waste <05375> before <06440> him, the world <08398> and all <03605> its inhabitants <03427> are laid waste.
6No one <04310> can withstand <05975> <06440> his indignation <02195>! No one <04310> can resist <06965> his fierce <02740> anger <0639>! His wrath <02534> is poured out <05413> like volcanic fire <0784>, boulders <06697> are broken up <05422> as he approaches.
7The Lord <03068> is good <02896>– indeed, he is a fortress <04581> in time <03117> of distress <06869>, and he protects <03045> those who seek refuge <02620> in him.
8But with an overwhelming <05674> flood <07858> he will make <06213> a complete end <03617> of Nineveh <04725>; he will drive <07291> his enemies <0341> into darkness <02822>.
9Whatever <04100> you plot <02803> against <0413> the Lord <03068>, he <01931> will completely destroy <06213> <03617>! Distress <06869> will not <03808> arise <06965> a second time <06471>.
10Surely <03588> they will be totally consumed <0398> like entangled <05440> thorn bushes <05518>, like the drink <05435> of drunkards <05433>, like very <04390> dry <03002> stubble <07179>.
11From <04480> you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth <03318> who plots <02803> evil <07451> against <05921> the Lord <03068>, a wicked <01100> military strategist <03289>.
12This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “Even though <0518> they are powerful <08003>– and what is more, even though <03651> their army is numerous <07227>– nevertheless <03651>, they will be destroyed <01494> and trickle away <05674>! Although I afflicted <06031> you, I will afflict <06031> you no <03808> more <05750>.
13And now <06258>, I will break <07665> Assyria’s yoke bar <04132> from your neck; I will tear apart <05423> the shackles <04147> that are on <05921> you.”
14The Lord <03068> has issued a decree <06680> against <05921> you: “Your dynasty <08034> will come to an end <05750> <02232> <03808>. I will destroy <03772> the idols <06459> and images <04541> in the temples <01004> of your gods <0430>. I will desecrate <07760> your grave <06913>– because <03588> you are accursed <07043>!”
15Look <02009>! A herald is running on <05921> the mountains <02022>! A messenger <01319> is proclaiming <08085> deliverance <07965>: “Celebrate <02287> your sacred festivals <02282>, O Judah <03063>! Fulfill <07999> your sacred vows <05088> to praise God! For <03588> never <03808> again <05750> <03254> will the wicked <01100> Assyrians invade <05674> you, they have been completely <03605> destroyed <03772>.”