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| 1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. |
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| 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. |
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| 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
Clouds are the dust of his feet – Clouds (trouble) are the indication of the footsteps of our God. When we see this great trouble, we should look at it as the stately steppings of our God. – (We heard this thought from Br. Ed Lorenz.) |
| 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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| 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwell therein. |
The mountains – Kingdoms (of Christendom).
Quake – Earthquake, revolution.
At Him – At the presence of Jehovah's representative, Jesus.
Hills – Lesser forms of government (lower than mountains).
Melt – The Lord dissolves away all governments.
The earth – Organized society under religious restriant. R498
Burned up – Destroyed by symbolic fire in the Day of the Lord. Mal. 3:1-3
The world and all that dwell therein – Compare this with Isa. 34:1-2. |
| 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him. |
Who can stand before His indignation – Compare Isa. 34:1-2.
His fury is poured out like fire – The word "fury" is Strong's 2534 - normally translated "wrath." It is in the pouring out of the seven last plagues where God's "wrath" is shown. Rev. 15:1
Rocks are thrown down by Him – See Rev. 6:16. |
| 7 Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him. |
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| 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness. |
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| 9 What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up a second time. |
Affliction shall not rise up a second time – The implication of this statement is that it will rise up one time. The context is clearly during the Day of the Lord. |
| 10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble. |
For – Because.
While – During the time when this is taking place.
They be folden together as thorns – The two sides of Christendom, Catholic and Protestant attempting to unite, all the while (like thorns) sticking each other. The two cannot really come together, they can only make a feeble attempt. R1705:6-7; D552:1; D267:1
Drunken – Drunk with the wine of false doctrine, especially the false doctrine of church and state (the same doctrine that Jezebel puts forth – Rev. 17:5-6).
As drunkards – Those consuming the false doctrines (especially those of church and state united).
Devoured – Destroyed.
As stubble fully dry – Dry brush burns very quickly and thoroughly. |
| 11 There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness. |
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| 12 Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. |
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| 13 And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. |
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| 14 And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. |
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| 15 Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. |
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