Episode 226: Woe to the bloody city!

Nahum 1-3

God is jealous and furious

1 ¹ This is the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite about Nineveh.

² God is jealous, furious, and filled with wrath and revenge toward his enemies.

³ He is slow to anger, but he won't acquit the wicked. He has his way in whirlwinds. Storms and clouds are the dust of his feet.

⁴ He rebukes the sea and rivers, and they dry up.

⁵ The mountains shake, the hills melt, and the earth, and all that live on it, are burned in his presence.

⁶ He pours out his fury like fire and throws rocks from above.

⁷ God is a good protector in times of trouble.

⁸ But he'll destroy with a flood and cover his enemies in darkness.

⁹ So don’t upset him.

¹⁰ If you do, he'll wait until you're drunk and burn you to death.

There is much pain is in all loins

2 ¹ Get ready, Nineveh. Make your loins strong. Someone is coming who will smash you to pieces.

¹⁰ The heart melts, the knees knock together, and there is much pain in all loins.

¹³ God says, "I'm against you. I'll burn your chariots and the sword will devour your young lions."

Woe to the bloody city!

3 ¹ Woe to the bloody city!

² It is filled with dead bodies.

⁴ Because of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts.

⁵ God says,

I'm against you.

I'll discover your skirts on your face.

I'll show your nakedness to all nations and kingdoms.

⁶ I'll cast abominable filth upon you and make you vile.

¹³ Your leaders are women! You'll be destroyed by your enemies.

¹⁵ You'll be burned with fire, killed by the sword, and eaten up like a cankerworm.