Nahum chapter 1
Tuesday, 27. November 2007, 06:22:16
God's majesty in mercy and judgment
1:1
The burden of *Nineveh*. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1:2
God is *jealous*, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengence on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies.
1:3
The LORD is slow to anger, but great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
1:4
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: *Bashan* languesheth, and *Carmel*, and the flowers of *Lebanon* languesheth.
*1:5
The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
*1:6
Who can stand before His indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of His anger? His furry is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by Him.
*1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him.
*1:8
But with an overrunning flood, He will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.
*1:9
What do ye *imagine* against the LORD? he will make an utter *end*: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
*1:10
For while they be *folden* together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
*1:11
There is one come out of thee, that *imagineth* evil against the LORD, a *wicked* counselor.
*1:12
Thus saith the LORD; Though they be *quiet*, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will thee no more.
*1:13
For now I will break his yoke from thee, and I will burst thy bonds in sunder.
*1:14
and the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more *of thy name be sown*: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the *graven* image and the molten image: I will *make* thy grave; for thou art *vile*.
1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet that bringeth good *tidings*, that *publisheth* peace! O Judah, keep thy *solemn* feasts, perform thy vows: for the *wicked* shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
1:1
The burden of *Nineveh*. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1:2
God is *jealous*, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengence on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies.
1:3
The LORD is slow to anger, but great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
1:4
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: *Bashan* languesheth, and *Carmel*, and the flowers of *Lebanon* languesheth.
*1:5
The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
*1:6
Who can stand before His indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of His anger? His furry is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by Him.
*1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him.
*1:8
But with an overrunning flood, He will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.
*1:9
What do ye *imagine* against the LORD? he will make an utter *end*: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
*1:10
For while they be *folden* together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
*1:11
There is one come out of thee, that *imagineth* evil against the LORD, a *wicked* counselor.
*1:12
Thus saith the LORD; Though they be *quiet*, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will thee no more.
*1:13
For now I will break his yoke from thee, and I will burst thy bonds in sunder.
*1:14
and the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more *of thy name be sown*: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the *graven* image and the molten image: I will *make* thy grave; for thou art *vile*.
1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet that bringeth good *tidings*, that *publisheth* peace! O Judah, keep thy *solemn* feasts, perform thy vows: for the *wicked* shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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WIDGETIZE
TogaOga # 3. December 2007, 04:25
Nineveh was the Assyrian capital situated on the Tigris River. It fell to Babylon in 612 b.c. (see note on Jonah 1:1-3)
1:2
Jelous (Hebrew for qano (δσòó ? with a mark on to of the o), zealous, or jealous). Nahum is not ascribing human imperfection to God, rather, the thought is that God is the One who embodies a burning zeal for righteousness and justice, quickly arises to the defense of his own, and executes judgment on those who are not His own or who hurt those that are.
1:4
Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon were all fertile, hilly areas. Bashan is in the Golan Heights. Mount Carmel is a long range between the valley of Jezreel and the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is the forested region north of Isreal's border. These areas are pictured by the prophet as being devastated by the coming of God in judgment.
1:5-8
The LORD is pictured pouring out judgment like fire. The mountains quake and the earth is burned at his presence. Yet, He is a stronghold in the day of trouble to all those who trust him. Like all the prophets, Nahum predicts both judgment and hope conditioned on manns responce to God.
1:9
The prophet predicts the utter end of Nineveh. His prediction was fulfilled in 612 b.c. when the city was destroyed by the babylonians. It was never rabuilt and has remained a desolate ruin to this day.
1:11
The wicked counselor who will come forth from Assyria may refer to Sennacherib who ruled from 705 to 681 b.c. and invaded Judah in 701 b.c.
1:12
Quiet, and likewise many is an Assyrian phrase implying unity. The idiom means that they are so united that they make the noise of only one person.