Nahum 1

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

His way is in whirlwind and storm,
    and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
⁴ He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
    he dries up all the rivers;
Bashan and Carmel wither,
    the bloom of Lebanon fades.
⁵ The mountains quake before him,
    the hills melt;
the earth is laid waste before him,
    the world and all that dwell therein.

⁶ Who can stand before his indignation?
    Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
    and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
⁷ The Lord is good,
    a stronghold in the day of trouble;
    he knows those who take refuge in him.
⁸ But with an overflowing flood
    he will make a full end of his adversaries,^[a]
    and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
⁹ What do you plot against the Lord?
    He will make a full end;
    he will not take vengeance^[b] twice on his foes.^[c]
10 Like entangled thorns they are consumed,^[d]
    like dry stubble.
¹¹ Did one not^[e] come out from you,
    who plotted evil against the Lord,
    and counseled villainy?

¹⁴ The Lord has given commandment about you:
    “No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from the house of your gods I will cut off
    the graven image and the molten image.
I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

^15 [g] Behold, on the mountains the feet of him
    who brings good tidings,
    who proclaims peace!
Keep your feasts, O Judah,
    fulfil your vows,
for never again shall the wicked come against you,
    he is utterly cut off.