New American Bible, Revised Edition

Nahum 1:7-14 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

7. The Lord is good to those who wait for him,a refuge on the day of distress,Taking care of those who look to him for protection,

8. when the flood rages;He makes an end of his opponents,and pursues his enemies into darkness.

9. What do you plot against the Lord,the one about to bring total destruction?No opponent rises a second time!

10. Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled,and like drunkards, they are drunk;like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.

11. From you has comeone plotting evil against the Lord,one giving sinister counsel.

12. Thus says the Lord:though fully intact and so numerous,they shall be mown down and disappear.Though I have humbled you,I will humble you no more.

13. Now I will break his yoke off of you,and tear off your bonds.

14. The Lord has commanded regarding you:no descendant will again bear your name;From the house of your gods I will abolishthe carved and the molten image;I will make your grave a dung heap.