Today’s Daily Devotions: The Lord Is A Jealous And Avenging God; The Lord Takes Vengeance And Is Filled With Wrath

Nahum 1

1 A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath
against his enemies.

3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

5 The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.

6 Who can withstand his indignation?
Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him.

7 The Lord is good,
a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,

8 but with an overwhelming flood
he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.

9 Whatever they plot against the Lord
he will bring to an end; trouble will not come a second time.

10 They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry stubble.

Source: Bible gateway

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