1The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.
3The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
5The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
6Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
7The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
