September 26: Nahum 1–3

Nahum 1–3 Nahum 1–3 (Listen) 1 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. God’s Wrath Against Nineveh 2   The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;<br />    the LORD is avenging and wrathful;<br />  the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries<br />    and keeps wrath for his enemies.<br />3   The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,<br />    and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty.<br />  His way is in whirlwind and storm,<br />    and the clouds are the dust of his feet.<br />4   He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;<br />    he dries up all the rivers;<br />  Bashan and Carmel wither;<br />    the bloom of Lebanon withers.<br />5   The mountains quake before him;<br />    the hills melt;<br />  the earth heaves before him,<br />    the world and all who dwell in it.<br /> 6   Who can stand before his indignation?<br />    Who can endure the heat of his anger?<br />  His wrath is poured out like fire,<br />    and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.