Nahum 1

Treated in 10 passages across the library.

  • 1:3 The LORD is slow to grow angry but great in power, and he will never acquit the guilty. The LORD makes his way in the whirlwind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 3
  • 1:1 An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. 2
  • 1:5 Before him the mountains quake, and the hills melt away. The earth heaves at his presence, the world and everyone who lives in it. 2
  • 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure his burning anger? His wrath pours out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him. 2
  • 1:2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD avenges and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and holds his anger against his enemies. 1
  • 1:4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up every river. Bashan and Carmel wilt, and the flowers of Lebanon fade. 1
  • 1:12 The LORD says this: Though they are at full strength and many, they will still be cut down and pass away. I have afflicted you, but I will afflict you no more. 1
  • 1:13 Now I will break his yoke from off you and snap the ropes that bind you. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Nahum 1:1

    …cannot receive any hurtful impression. Wicked men may imagine evil against the Lord. Nahum 1:1. ‘What do ye imagine against the Lord?’ But God being a Spirit is impenetrable. The…

  2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Power of God cites Nahum 1:1

    …us can dissolve us. ‘His fury is poured out like fire; the rocks are thrown down by him.’ Nahum 1:1. Solomon says, ‘Where the word of a king is, there is power, much more where the word of…

  3. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    September cites Nahum 1:2

    …that never can consume, And endless glories shine. September 12 “God is jealous.” (Nahum 1:2) Your Lord is very jealous of your love, O believer. Did he choose you? He cannot bear…

  4. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites Nahum 1:3

    …the treasure hidden within. February 22 “The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power.” (Nahum 1:3) Jehovah “is slow to anger.” When mercy cometh into the world she driveth winged steeds…

  5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 12 — Necessity of Contemplating the Judgment-seat of God, in Order to Be Seriously Convinced of the Doctrine of Gratuitous Justification cites Nahum 1:3

    …guilty innocent), a vengeance which once kindled burns to the lowest hell (Exod. 34:7; Nahum 1:3; Deut. 32:22). Let Him, I say, sit in judgment on the actions of men, and who will feel…

  6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes cites Nahum 1:5

    …of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.” (Nahum 1:5, 6.) Earthquakes are set forth by the inspired writers as God’s proper judicial act, or…

  7. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Kingly Office cites Nah 1:6

    …tribe of Judah, whose eyes are a lamp of fire, and ‘the rocks are thrown down by him.’ Nah 1:6. ‘He shall cut off the spirit of princes.’ Psa 76:12. Use three: If Christ be a great…

  8. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of February cites Nah. 1:12

    …Feb. 19 BETTER FARTHER ON "Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more" Nah. 1:12 There is a limit to affliction. God sends it and God removes it. Do you sigh, and say…

  9. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of June cites Nahum 1:13

    …"For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder." Nahum 1:13 The Assyrian was allowed for a season to oppress the Lord's people, but there came a time…

  10. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Nahum 1:3-6

    …that the waves thereof are still." Another description of a similar character is found in Nahum 1:3-6: "Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty…