Nahum 1:2
The LORD is a jealous God and avenges. The LORD avenges and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
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In Context
1A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Cross References
Exodus 34:7keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
Leviticus 26:28then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. I will also chastise you seven times for your sins.
Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 32:34“Isn’t this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?
Deuteronomy 32:41if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
Matthew Henry on Nahum 1:2
Nahum The name of this prophet signifies a comforter; for it was a charge given to all the prophets, Comfort you, comfort you, my people: and even this prophet, though wholly taken up in foretelling the destruction of Nineveh, which speaks terror to the Assyrians, is, even in that, comforter to the ten tribes of Israel, who, it is probable, were now lately carried captives into Assyria. It is very uncertain at what time he lived and prophesied, but it is most probable that he lived in the time of Hezekiah, and… Read the whole commentary →