Nahum 1

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¹The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. ✦ ²God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies; ✦ ³The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet. ✦ ⁴He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts. ✦ ⁵The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it. ✦ ⁶Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him. ✦ ⁷The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. ✦ ⁸But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies. ✦ ⁹What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time. ✦ ¹⁰For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried. ✦ ¹¹From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor. ✦ ¹²Thus says the Lord: “Though they are safe, and likewise many, Yet in this manner they will be cut down When he passes through. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more; ✦ ¹³For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart.” ✦ ¹⁴The Lord has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will dig your grave, For you are vile.” ✦ ¹⁵Behold, 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. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Nah 1 ·7 2 Chr 32 ·5 Isa 10 ·5 Dan 11 ·5 Isa 8 ·4 Ps 107 ·4 Ps 114 ·4 2 Kgs 19 ·4

Christ at the center

The certain judgment on Nineveh and the comfort that 'the LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble' point to Christ, who is both the refuge of his people and the judge of their enemies.

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