Revised Version 1885

Nahum 1:5-12 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

5. The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

6. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that put their trust in him.

8. But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

9. What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make a full end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

10. For though they be like tangled thorns, told be drenched as it were in their drink, they shall be devoured utterly as dry stubble.

11. There is one gone forth out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, that counselleth wickedness.

12. Thus saith the Lord: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.