18 mWho can be a God such as you, npardoning iniquity and passing in excess of transgression nfor the remnant of his inheritance? oHe won't retain his anger permanently, since he delights in steadfast enjoy.
2 The Lord is often a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies. three The Lord is sluggish to anger and excellent in electric power, as well as Lord will by no means very clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are definitely the dust of his ft. four He rebukes the sea and causes it to be dry; he dries up all of the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers.
iHis way is in whirlwind and storm, plus the clouds will be the dust of his toes. 4 jHe rebukes The ocean and makes it dry; he dries up many of the rivers; kBashan and lCarmel wither; the bloom of kLebanon withers. 5 mThe mountains quake right before him; nthe hills melt; the earth heaves in advance of him, othe entire world and all who dwell in it.
ten dDesolate! Desolation and damage! eHearts soften and fknees tremble; ganguish is in all loins; hall faces develop pale! eleven where by is definitely the lions’ den, the feeding put of ithe younger lions, exactly where the lion and lioness went, where by his cubs had been, with jnone to disturb?
This prophet denounces the particular and approaching destruction on the Assyrian empire, especially of Nineveh, that is explained very minutely. along with This is certainly consolation for his countrymen, encouraging them to rely on in God.
Mr. Whiston e spots him in the 12 months of the entire world A. M. 3278, or 726 B.C.; and claims that he foretold the destruction of Nineveh an hundred fifteen decades prior to it came to go, so says Josephus file . just how long this prophet lived, and in which he died, and was buried, is uncertain. Pseudo-Epiphanius g suggests he died and was buried in Begabar. Isidore h says it was in Bethafarim; both of those that happen to be to get corrected by Dorotheus, who calls the spot Bethabara, as Huetius i observes; the identical where John was baptizing, Joh one:28; but Benjamin of Tudela k says his grave was being observed in a location termed Einsiphla, within the land of Chaldea; and speaks of a synagogue of the prophet from the province of Assyria l ; but on these items we are unable to count. from the authority of this prophecy there require be undoubtedly, as appears in the inscription of your book, the sublimity and majesty on the design and style, and its arrangement with other prophets; see Na 1:fifteen; in contrast with Isa fifty two:seven; as well as the accomplishment of the prophecies contained in it, which respect the destroy of your Assyrian empire, and specifically Nineveh, the metropolis of it; the cause of which were their sins and transgressions, the inhabitants thereof were responsible of, and are pointed at in it.
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rHe will carry me out to The sunshine; I shall look on his vindication. ten Then smy enemy will see, and disgrace will address her who tsaid to me, “wherever will be the Lord your God?” uMy eyes will seem upon her; now she's going to be trampled down vlike the mire in the streets.
The Assyrians have been infamous for that brutality of their procedure of other nations. Nahum declared, however, that God is sovereign: he punishes whom He'll, and they are powerless to stop him. Significantly of Nahum's prophecy was directed to the persons Judah, who could rejoice at The excellent news (one:fifteen) of Nineveh's impending drop.
2 cThe Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; dthe Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries and ekeeps wrath for his enemies. three fThe Lord is gradual to anger and ggreat in electrical power, and hthe Lord will certainly not clear the responsible.
seventeen Your zprinces are wlike grasshoppers, ayour scribes3 like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in daily of chilly— in the event the Sunshine rises, they fly absent; nobody is aware of where by They can be.
12 kThe lion tore sufficient for his cubs and lstrangled prey for his lionesses; he crammed his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
eight lRejoice not about me, O mmy enemy; nwhen I fall, I shall increase; owhen I sit in darkness, the Lord will likely be a light-weight to me. nine pI will bear the indignation of your Lord simply because I have sinned towards him, until eventually qhe pleads my cause and executes judgment for me.
eighteen Your shepherds bare asleep, O king of Assyria; cyour nobles slumber. Your persons dare scattered within the mountains with none to assemble them.