Nahum 1:2-8 - Half-Acrostic: Yahweh Takes Vengeance Against His Enemies
2 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenging; Yahweh is avenging and {full of wrath}. Yahweh takes vengeance against his enemies; he rages against his adversaries. 3 Yahweh is slow to anger but great [in] power; he will certainly not allow [the guilty] to go unpunished. {He marches} in storm wind and in gale; storm clouds [are the] dust of his feet. 4 He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon languishes. 5 Mountains quake before him; the hills shake apart. The earth heaves before him-- the world and all her inhabitants. 6 His indignation--who can stand before it? Who can endure {his fierce anger}? His wrath is poured out like fire; rocks are shattered before him.
7 Yahweh is good--a refuge in [the] day of distress; [he knows] those who take refuge in him. 8 But with a rushing torrent he will bring [Nineveh] to an end; he will chase his enemies into darkness.