Nahum 1

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.	1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 A jealous and avenging God is the LORD, an avenger is the LORD, and angry; The LORD brings vengeance on his adversaries, and lays up wrath for his enemies;	2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger, yet great in power, and the LORD never leaves the guilty unpunished. In hurricane and tempest is his path, and clouds are the dust at his feet;	3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and leaves it dry, and all the rivers he dries up. Withered are Bashan and Carmel, and the bloom of Lebanon fades;	4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills dissolve; The earth is laid waste before him, the world and all who dwell in it.	5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Before his wrath, who can stand firm, and who can face his blazing anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are rent asunder before him.	6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
7 The LORD is good, a refuge on the day of distress; He takes care of those who have recourse to him,	7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 when the flood rages; He makes an end of his opponents, and his enemies he pursues with darkness.	8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9 What are you imputing to the LORD? It is he who will make an end! The enemy shall not rise a second time;	9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
10 As when a tangle of thornbushes is set aflame, like dry stubble, they shall be utterly consumed.	10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
11 From you he came who devised evil against the LORD, the scoundrel planner.	11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counseller.
12 For, says the LORD, be they ever so many and so vigorous, still they shall be mown down and disappear. Though I have humbled you, I will humble you no more.	12 Thus saith the LORD: Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 Now will I break his yoke from off you, and burst asunder your bonds.	13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14 The LORD has commanded regarding you: no descendant shall come to bear your name; From your temple I will abolish the carved and the molten image; I will make your grave a mockery.	14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
	15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.