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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Nahum 1 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/nahum/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/nahum/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Nahum 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../micah/7.htm" title="Micah 7">◄</a> Nahum 1 <a href="../nahum/2.htm" title="Nahum 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/nahum/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.</p> <p class="heading">God’s Wrath Against Nineveh</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is a jealous and avenging God;</span><br /><span class="indent">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is avenging and wrathful;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> takes vengeance on his adversaries</span><br /><span class="indent">and keeps wrath for his enemies.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is slow to anger and great in power,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will by no means clear the guilty.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">His way is in whirlwind and storm,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the clouds are the dust of his feet.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;</span><br /><span class="indent">he dries up all the rivers;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Bashan and Carmel wither;</span><br /><span class="indent">the bloom of Lebanon withers.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The mountains quake before him;</span><br /><span class="indent">the hills melt;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">the earth heaves before him,</span><br /><span class="indent">the world and all who dwell in it.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Who can stand before his indignation?</span><br /><span class="indent">Who can endure the heat of his anger?</span><br /><span class="ln-group">His wrath is poured out like fire,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is good,</span><br /><span class="indent">a stronghold in the day of trouble;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he knows those who take refuge in him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="indent">But with an overflowing flood</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he will make a complete end of the adversaries,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew of her place">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">and will pursue his enemies into darkness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">What do you plot against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>?</span><br /><span class="indent">He will make a complete end;</span><br /><span class="indent">trouble will not rise up a second time.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For they are like entangled thorns,</span><br /><span class="indent">like drunkards as they drink;</span><br /><span class="indent">they are consumed like stubble fully dried.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">From you came one</span><br /><span class="indent">who plotted evil against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">a worthless counselor.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">“Though they are at full strength and many,</span><br /><span class="indent">they will be cut down and pass away.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Though I have afflicted you,</span><br /><span class="indent">I will afflict you no more.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And now I will break his yoke from off you</span><br /><span class="indent">and will burst your bonds apart.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has given commandment about you:</span><br /><span class="indent">“No more shall your name be perpetuated;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">from the house of your gods I will cut off</span><br /><span class="indent">the carved image and the metal image.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will make your grave, for you are vile.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/nahum/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group"><span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Ch 2:1 in Hebrew">b</a></sup></span> Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him</span><br /><span class="indent">who brings good news,</span><br /><span class="indent">who publishes peace!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Keep your feasts, O Judah;</span><br /><span class="indent">fulfill your vows,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for never again shall the worthless pass through you;</span><br /><span class="indent">he is utterly cut off.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">of</span> her place</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Ch 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