Nahum

Nahum 1

The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.

1THE ^aburden of ^bNineveh. The book of the ^cvision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

a Hab. 1.1. Is. 13.1; 21.1; 22.1; 23.1. Mal. 1.1. Je. 23.33. Zec. 9.1; 12.1. b Jonah 3.3,10. Ge. 10.11. Zep. 2.13-15. ch. 2.8; 3.7. c Is. 1.1; 2.1. Nu. 12.6.

2¹God is ^djealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD ^erevengeth, and ²is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he ^freserveth wrath for his enemies.

d Is. 42.13. Eze. 39.25. Zec. 1.14; 8.2. Joel 2.18. Ex. 20.5. e Ps. 94.1. De. 32.35,43. Ro. 12.19. f Ja. 5.3. Je. 3.5. De. 32.34,35. Is. 3.11.

3The LORD is ^gslow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked : the LORD ^hhath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

g 2Pe. 3.9. Job 9.4. Ex. 34.6,7. Mi. 7.18. Jonah 4.2. Ps. 145.8; 86.5,15. h Ex. 19.16-18. De. 5.22,23. Ps. 18.7-15; 97.1,2; 50.3. Da. 7.13. Ps. 104.3. Hab. 3.5,11,12. Zec. 9.14. Is. 19.1.

4ⁱHe rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

i Ex. 14.22. Jos. 3.15,16. Ps. 106.9; 114.3,5. Mat. 8.26. Is. 50.2; 51.10.

5The ^jmountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

j Ps. 68.8. Mi. 1.2. 2Sa. 22.8. Ju. 5.4,5. Is. 64.1,2. Ps. 97.5; 29.6. 2Pe. 3.10,12.

6^kWho can stand before his indignation? and who can ³abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out ^llike fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

k Mal. 3.2. Ps. 76.7; 90.11. Re. 6.17. l De. 4.24; 32.22. He. 12.29. Is. 10.17; 33.14; 64.2.

7The LORD is ^mgood, a ⁴strong hold in the day of trouble; and he ⁿknoweth them that trust in him.

m Mat. 19.17. Ps. 119.68. v.5,6. n Ps. 1.6. 2Ti. 2.19. 2Ki. 18.5. 2Ch. 32.8.

8But with an ^ooverrunning flood he will make an utter end of the ^pplace thereof, and ^qdarkness shall pursue his enemies.

o ch. 2.6. Am. 8.8; 9.5. Is. 8.7,8. Da. 9.26; 11.10,20,40. p v.1. ch. 2.6. Zep. 2.13-15. q Is. 8.22; 3.10. Mat. 8.12.

9^rWhat do ye imagine against the LORD? ^she will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

r Ps. 2.1-4. Pr. 21.30. Is. 8.9,10. s v.12. 1Sa. 3.12; 26.8. Zep. 2.13-15. ch. 3.18.

10For ^twhile they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, ^uthey shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

t 1Th. 5.2,3. Is. 8.9. ch. 3.11. Je. 25.15,16; 51.39,57. u Ps. 83.13-15; 58.9; 68.2. Is. 9.18; 27.4.

11There is ^vone come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, ⁵a wicked counsellor.

v Is. 36.7,18,20; 37.10,24,29.

12^wThus saith the LORD; ⁶Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be ⁷cut down, when he shall pass through. Though ^xI have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

w Is. 10.7-19,33,34; 37.36; 14.25. x Is. 8.7,8; 10.5,6; 37.33-35. 2Ki. 19.32-36.

13For now will I break his ^yyoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in ^*sunder.

y 2Ki. 16.17; 18.14. Is. 9.4; 10.26,27; 14.25. Mi. 5.5,6.

14And ^zthe LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that ^ano more of thy name be sown: ^bout of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: ^cI will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

z Is. 13.3. Je. 18.6. Am. 3.6. Ps. 75.7. a Is. 14.21,22. Pr. 10.7. b Ex. 12.12. Is. 19.1; 46.1,2. Je. 50.2. Le. 26.30. c 2Ki. 19.6-16,37. v.11. ch. 3.1,4-6.

15^dBehold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! ^eO Judah, ⁸keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for ⁹the wicked ^fshall no more pass through thee; he is ^gutterly cut off.

d Is. 52.7. Ro. 10.15. e Ps. 50.14; 107.1,8,15; 81.1. f v.9,12,14. Is. 10.28-30. g Is. 29.7,8.