Nahum speaks of the burning of the earth at the Second Coming, and of the mercy and power of the Lord.

1 - The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

2 - God is jealous, and the L ORD revengeth; the L ORD revengeth, and is furious; the L ORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

3 - The L ORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked : the L ORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

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 at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

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 L ORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

8 - But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

9 - What do ye imagine against the L ORD ? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

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 - There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the L ORD, a wicked counsellor.

12 - Thus saith the L ORD ; 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 - For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

14 - And the L ORD 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.