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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:2-8

Nineveh knows not God, that God that contends with her, and therefore is here told what a God he is; and it is good for us all to mix faith with that which is here said concerning him, which speaks a great deal of terror to the wicked and comfort to good people; for this glorious description of the Sovereign of the world, like the pillar of cloud and fire, has a bright side towards Israel and a dark side towards the Egyptians. Let each take his portion from it; let sinners read it and tremble;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt ,.... As Sinai of old did, when the Lord descended on it, Exodus 19:18 . Mountains figuratively signify kings and princes; and hills large countries, as Jarchi and Abarbinel observe, and the inhabitants of them; particularly the kingdoms and nations belonging to the Assyrian empire, which would tremble and quake, and their hearts melt with fear, when they should hear of the destruction of Nineveh their chief city; and of the devastation made... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:5

Verse 5 Nahum continues still on the same subject, — that when God ascended his tribunal and appeared as the Judge of the world, he would not only shake all the elements, but would also constrain them to change their nature. For what can be less consonant to nature than for mountains to tremble, and for hills to be dissolved or to melt? This is more strange than what we can comprehend. But the Prophet intimates that the mountains cannot continue in their own strength, but as far as they are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:1-15

Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH DECREED BY GOD . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:2-6

§ 2. The prophet describes the inflexible justice of God, and illustrates his irresistible power by the control which he exercises over the material world. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:2-6

The wrath of God-a warning. I. NECESSARY AS TO ITS EXISTENCE Based upon the character of God as a jealous God. Jealous: 1 . For his own glory, and therefore admitting of no rival claimant to man's worship and homage ( Exodus 34:14 ; Deuteronomy 4:24 ). 2 . For his holy Law, and therefore shut up to punish iniquity ( Exodus 20:5 ; Deuteronomy 5:9 ; Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Joshua 24:19 ). 3 . For his own people , and therefore impelled to take vengeance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:2-6

The Divine vengeance. In engaging in work for God, the worker must not be unmindful of the terrible consequences resulting from despising the riches of Divine mercy and grace. There is, assuredly, such a thing as retribution following a course of alienation from God's ways. It must be so. The very love of God renders the punishment of the ungodly absolutely essential. Objectors sometimes point to the scriptural teaching concerning the future of the impenitent as indicating that the God of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:3-6

God's power. "The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers," etc. Here is a description of God's power unrivalled in its sublimity and soul stirring force. "Power belongeth unto, God." It is absolute, inexhaustible, ever and everywhere operative. "He fainteth not, neither is weary." His power is here presented in two aspects. I. AS OPERATING IRRESISTIBLY IN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake. The mountains, the very emblems of stability, tremble before him (Adios 8:8). The hills melt; οἱ βουνοὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν , "The hills were shaken". The hills dissolve like wax or anew at his presence (see Amos 4:13 ; Micah 1:4 ). Burned ; Septuagint, ἀνεστάλη , "recoils," "is upheaved," as by an earthquake. This rendering has the greatest authority. The world; i.e. the habitable world, and all living creatures therein ( Joel 1:18-20 ). Nature animate... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:5

The mountains quaked at Him, and the hills melted - As of their own accord. The words are a renewal of those of Amos Amos 9:13. Inanimate nature is pictured as endowed with the terror, which guilt feels at the presence of God. All power; whether greater or less, whatsoever lifteth itself up, shall give way in that Day, which shall be “upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 1:2-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:3-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nahum 1:5

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