Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
- KJV Behold upon the mountains the feet of him 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.
- NKJV Behold, on the mountains The feet of him who brings good tidings, Who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your appointed feasts, Perform your vows. For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; He is utterly cut off.
- NASB ¶Behold, on the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, Judah, Pay your vows. For never again will the wicked one pass through you; He is eliminated completely.
- NLT Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news! He is bringing a message of peace. Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah, and fulfill all your vows, for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again. They will be completely destroyed!
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Quick answer
Nahum announces a messenger on the mountains proclaiming good news and peace, calling Judah to celebrate because the wicked oppressor is utterly cut off. The fall of the enemy is gospel for God's people.
Overview
This verse closely echoes Isaiah 52:7, where the good news of peace heralds God's saving reign. With Assyria removed, Judah can worship freely and keep its vows in safety. The New Testament applies this language of the beautiful feet of the herald to the proclamation of the gospel of Christ (Romans 10:15), the ultimate good news of peace through the defeat of sin and death.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Rom 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
- Isa 40:9–10Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
- Acts 10:36He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
- Isa 29:7–8All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
- Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- Luke 2:10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
- Nah 1:11–12From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
- Ps 116:17–18I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
- Lev 23:2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Isa 37:36–38Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Ps 107:8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Lev 23:4These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
- Nah 1:14The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
- Ps 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Isa 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
- Ps 116:12–14How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
- Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Ps 107:21–22Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
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