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Nahum
Chapter 1
1 The burden of Nineveh.
The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
{Note. See Zechariah 1.21. Assyria had its 'horn cut off' in 612 BC. The first horn cutter was Nabopolasser, the father of Nebuchadnezzar - a Chaldean who teamed up with the king of Media (Sigh - Axe- er - ees (sp)). Nineveh was the capital of Assyria.}
2 'El/God is zealous.
And Jehovah/God is punishing.
Jehovah/God
is punishing
and
is 'the ruler of indignation' {ba`al chemah}.
Jehovah/God
in punishing on His adversaries,
and
He reserves wrath for His enemies.
3
Jehovah/God is slow to anger . . .
and
great in power . . .
and
will not at all acquit the wicked.
Jehovah/God
has His Way
in
the whirlwind and in the storm,
and
the clouds are the dust of His feet.
4
He rebukes the sea,
and
makes it dry,
and
dries up all the rivers.
Bashan
languishes,
and
Carmel,
and
the flower of Lebanon languishes.
5
The mountains quake at Him,
and
the hills melt,
and
the earth is burned at His presence.
Yes . . . the world, and all who dwell therein.
6 Who can stand before His indignation?
And who can abide in the fierceness of His anger?
His
fury is poured out like fire,
and
the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7
Jehovah/God is good . . .
a
strong hold in the day of trouble.
And he knows those who trust in Him.
8
But with an overrunning flood
He
will make an utter end of the place thereof,
and
darkness shall pursue His enemies.
9 What do you imagine against Jehovah/God?
He will make an utter end.
Affliction shall not rise up the second time.
10
For while they be folded together as thorns,
and
while they are drunken as drunkards,
they
shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
11~~From
you have advanced
one
who plots evil against Jehovah/God . . .
{against Jehovah/God}
a
'policy-makers of Belial' {b@liya`al ya`ats}.
{Note: Similar to how some people call very mature believers 'SuperGrace believers', Satan has so saturated these people with his evil polices that they are called here 'policy-makers of Belial' and elsewhere they are called SOB's - Sons of Belial'}.
12
Thus said Jehovah/God,
"Though
they be quiet,
and
likewise many,
yet
thus shall they be cut down,
when
he shall pass through.
Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. 13
For
now I will break his yoke from off you,
and
will burst your bonds in sunder. 14
And
Jehovah/God has given a commandment concerning you,
that
no more of your name be sown.
Out
of the house of your 'elohiym/gods
I
will cut off the graven image and the molten image.
I will make your grave . . . for you are vile. 15
Behold
upon the mountains . . .
the
feet of him who brings good tidings . . .
{idiom for a missionary}
who,
causes to 'hear, listen and obey'
'inner
peace'/prosperity {shalowm}!
{shalowm is the Jewish greeting - like our greeting of 'have a good
day' - it means peace or prosperity - like eirene in the Greek of
the New Testament, we learn in spiritual terms, it means to have
'inner peace' - to have a relaxed mental attitude from doctrine in
the soul}
O
Judah,
keep
your solemn feasts,
perform
your vows.
For the wicked shall no more pass through you.
He is utterly cut off."
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