| 1:1 |
An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
A prophecy 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 filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his wrath against his enemies. |
The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies. |
| 1:3 |
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet. |
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet. |
| 1:8 |
but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into darkness. |
but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness. |
| 1:11 |
From you, O Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and counsels wickedness. |
From you, Nineveh, has one come forth who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans. |
| 1:12 |
This is what the Lord says: Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be cut off and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no more. |
This is what the Lord says: Although they have allies and are numerous, they will be destroyed and pass away. Although I have afflicted you, Judah, I will afflict you no more. |
| 1:14 |
The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: You will have no descendants to bear your name. I will destroy the carved images and cast idols that are in the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile. |
The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: You will have no descendants to bear your name. I will destroy the images and idols that are in the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile. |
| 1:15 |
Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, O Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed. |
Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed. |
| 2:3 |
The shields of his soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of pine are brandished. |
The shields of the soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of juniper are brandished. |
| 2:5 |
He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place. |
Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place. |
| 2:7 |
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts. |
It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts. |
| 2:8 |
Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. Stop! Stop! they cry, but no one turns back. |
Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. Stop! Stop! they cry, but no one turns back. |
| 3:4 |
all because of the wanton lust of a harlot, alluring, the mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations by her prostitution and peoples by her witchcraft. |
all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute, alluring, the mistress of sorceries, who enslaved nations by her prostitution and peoples by her witchcraft. |
| 3:10 |
Yet she was taken captive and went into exile. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were put in chains. |
Yet she was taken captive and went into exile. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were put in chains. |
| 3:13 |
Look at your troops—they are all women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed their bars. |
Look at your troops— they are all weaklings. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed the bars of your gates. |
| 3:15 |
There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and, like grasshoppers, consume you. Multiply like grasshoppers, multiply like locusts! |
There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down— they will devour you like a swarm of locusts. Multiply like grasshoppers, multiply like locusts! |
| 3:16 |
You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away. |
You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away. |
| 3:17 |
Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day—but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where. |
Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day— but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where. |
| 3:18 |
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your nobles lie down to rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. |
King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your nobles lie down to rest. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. |
| 3:19 |
Nothing can heal your wound; your injury is fatal. Everyone who hears the news about you claps his hands at your fall, for who has not felt your endless cruelty? |
Nothing can heal you; your wound is fatal. All who hear the news about you clap their hands at your fall, for who has not felt your endless cruelty? |