Nahum 1:2
God is ielous, and the Lord reuengeth: the Lord reuengeth: euen the Lord of anger, the Lord will take vengeance on his aduersaries, and he reserueth wrath for his enemies.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1The burden of Nineueh. The booke of the vision of Nahum the Elkeshite.
Cross References
Exodus 34:7Reseruing mercy for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, and not making the wicked innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon ye children, and vpon childrens children, vnto the third and fourth generation.
Leviticus 26:28Then will I walke stubburnly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastice you seuen times more according to your sinnes.
Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, and a ielous God.
Deuteronomy 32:34Is not this laide in store with me, and sealed vp among my treasures?
Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my glittering sworde, and mine hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will rewarde them that hate me.
Job 20:23He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.
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 →