Nahum 1:2
A GOD jealous and avenging, is Yahweh, an avenger, is Yahweh, and a lord of wrath, an avenger, is Yahweh towards his adversaries, and, a retainer [of anger], is he to his foes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1The oracle, on Nineveh,—the scroll of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite.
Cross References
Exodus 34:7Keeping lovingkindness to a thousand generations, Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, Though he leave not, utterly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers, Upon sons, And upon sons’ sons, Unto a third and unto a fourth generation.
Leviticus 26:28Then will I go in a rage of opposition to you,—And I, even I, will correct you seven times for your sins;
Deuteronomy 4:24seeing that as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is,—a jealous GOD.
Deuteronomy 32:34Is not, that, stored up with me,—Sealed up amongst my treasures;
Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite:
Job 20:23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain [it] upon him for his punishment.
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 →