15 two jBehold, upon the mountains, kthe feet of him who provides good news, who publishes peace! lKeep your feasts, O Judah; mfulfill your vows, nfor by no means yet again shall the worthless go through you; He's completely cut off.
five The mountains quake prior to him; the hills soften; the earth heaves ahead of him, the earth and all who dwell in it. 6 who will stand right before his indignation? who will endure the warmth of his anger? His wrath is poured out like hearth, plus the rocks are damaged into parts by him. 7 The Lord is good, a stronghold within the day of issues; he understands people who take refuge in him. 8 But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete close on the adversaries,[one] and may pursue his enemies into darkness.
17 Your zprinces are wlike grasshoppers, ayour scribes11 like clouds of locusts selecting the fences in a day of chilly— when the Sunshine rises, they fly absent; no person understands exactly where They're.
2 3The LORD is really a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; 4the LORD requires vengeance on his adversaries and 5keeps wrath for his enemies. 3
This prophet denounces the particular and approaching destruction with the Assyrian empire, especially of Nineveh, that is explained quite minutely. Together with this is consolation for his countrymen, encouraging them to belief in God.
The book has the "vision of Nahum" (1:1), whose title indicates "comfort and ease" and is connected with the identify Nehemiah, indicating "The Lord comforts" or "ease and comfort with the Lord.
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God will not be a kindly, affable grandfather-like figure to individuals who mock and oppose him. No corner of the earth will escape his hand of judgment—“
Judgment for Israel’s enemies. don't just is redemption promised for God’s possess men and women; judgment is confident for many who will never bow the knee and just take refuge inside the Lord.
fourteen uDraw h2o for that siege; rstrengthen your forts; go into your clay; tread the mortar; just take hold with the brick mould! fifteen there'll the fire devour you; the sword will Slash you off.
14 The Lord has supplied commandment about you: f“No more shall your name be perpetuated; from gthe residence of one's gods I'll Reduce off the carved picture along with the metal image. hI could make your grave, ifor you are vile.”
8 gAre you better than hThebes9 that sat iby the Nile, with h2o close to her, her rampart a sea, and drinking water her wall? 9 jCush was her energy; Egypt also, and that with no limit; kPut as well as the lLibyans had been her10 helpers.
eight lRejoice not around me, O mmy enemy; nwhen I fall, I shall rise; owhen I sit in darkness, the Lord will likely be a light-weight to me. nine pI will bear the indignation on the Lord for the reason that I've sinned against him, right up until qhe pleads my induce and executes judgment for me.
18 Your shepherds bare asleep, O king of Assyria; cyour nobles slumber. Your people today dare scattered to the mountains here with none to collect them.