[1] The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. [2] God is jealous, revengeth; and is furious; will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. [3] The LORD is slow to anger, and great and will not at all the wicked: the LORD 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 and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon [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 [7] The LORD 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.