Storm tempest is his path,
        and cloud is the dust of his feet.
     4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up,
        and makes all the streams run dry.
    Bashan and Carmel are languishing,
        and the bloom of Lebanon is withered.

     5 The mountains tremble before him
        and the hills dissolve.
    The earth heaves before him,
        the world and all who live in it.

     6 Before his indignation who can stand?
        Who can withstand the heat of his anger?
    His wrath pours forth like fire,
        he shatters rocks.

     7 The Lord is good to those who hope in him,
        a place of refuge in the day of trouble.
     8 In the midst of the overwhelming flood he rescues them.
    An end he makes of those who rise up against him,
        and drives his enemies into darkness.

     9 Why do you plot against the Lord ?
        He will end you.
        He only takes vengeance once.

     10 Thorns, tangled and drenched,
        they are consumed like dry stubble.

     11 Nineveh! From you has arisen
        one who plots evil against the Lord ,
        a counsellor or wickedness.

Good news for Judah

12 The Lord says:

    “Though they are many and strong,
        they will pass away and be gone.
    Though I have afflicted you,
        I will afflict you no more,
     13 and now I will break his yoke from your necks
        and snap your chains.”

14 The Lord has given this command concerning you, Nineveh:

    “Your name will no longer be remembered.
    I will destroy every idol and image
        in the house of your God .
    I will destroy even your tomb,
        for you are worthless.”

     15 Look! On the mountains a messenger
        bringing good news,
        announcing peace!
    “Celebrate the feasts, Judah,
        fulfill your vows.
    Never again will evil Nineveh invade your land,
        they are destroyed!”

Destruction of the city