{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/nahum/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:57:15.855Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Nahum","bookSlug":"nahum","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elcesite. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty. The Lord's ways are in a tempest, and a whirlwind, and clouds are the dust of his feet. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He rebuketh the sea, and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers to be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the dower of Libanus fadeth away. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out like fire: and the rocks are melted by him. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The Lord is good and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But with a flood that passeth by, he will make an utter end of the place thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and drinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the Lord, contriving treachery in his mind. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them so, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted thee, and I will afflict thee no more. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy back, and I will burst thy bonds asunder. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Nahum 1 (DRB)","markdown":"[Nahum 1](https://primebible.com/drb/nahum/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/nahum/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}