Nahum 1:2-8

New King James Version

God’s Wrath on His Enemies

²God is ^(A)jealous, and the Lord avenges;
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
³The Lord is ^(B)slow to anger and ^(C)great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.

^(D)The Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
⁴^(E)He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
^(F)Bashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
⁵The mountains quake before Him,
The hills melt,
And the earth ^[a]heaves at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.

⁶Who can stand before His indignation?
And ^(G)who can endure the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are thrown down by Him.

⁷^(H)The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And ^(I)He knows those who trust in Him.
⁸But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.