Nahum 1:1-5

A prophecy about Nineveh: the scroll of the vision that came to Nahum the Elkoshite.

The Lord is a jealous and avenging God—the Lord God is avenging and angry. The Lord takes vengeance on his enemies, he is angry with those who are hostile to him.

The Lord is slow to become angry, has great power, and will not leave the guilty unpunished. He walks among the whirlwind and the storm; the clouds are like dust beneath his feet.

He commands the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon fades.

Mountains quake in his presence; hills melt away. The earth trembles before him—the whole world and everyone who lives there.