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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to anger - He exercises much longsuffering towards his enemies, that this may lead them to repentance. And it is because of this longsuffering that vengeance is not speedily executed on every evil work. Great in power - Able at all times to save or to destroy. The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm - These are the effects of his power; and when they appear unusual, they may be considered as the immediate effects of his power: and although he be in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:4

He rebuketh the sea - The Red Sea and the rivers: probably an allusion to the passage of the Red Sea and Jordan. The description of the coming of Jehovah, from the third to the sixth verse, is dreadfully majestic. He is represented as controlling universal nature. The sea and the rivers are dried up, the mountains tremble, the hills melt, and the earth is burnt at his presence. Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon are withered and languish: streams of fire are poured out, and the rocks are cast... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 1 Though a part of what is here delivered belongs to the Israelites and to the Jews, he yet calls his Book by what it principally contains; he calls its the burden of Nineveh Of this word משא, mesha, we have spoken elsewhere. Thus the Prophets call their prediction, whenever they denounce any grievous and dreadful vengeance of God: and as they often threatened the Jews, it hence happened, that they called, by way of ridicule, all prophecies by this name משא, mesha, a burden. (206) But yet... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:2

Verse 2 Nahum begins with the nature of God, that what he afterwards subjoins respecting the destruction of Nineveh might be more weighty, and produce a greater impression on the hearers. The preface is general, but the Prophet afterwards applies it to a special purpose. If he had only spoken of what God is, it would have been frigid at least it would have been less efficacious; but when he connects both together, then his doctrine carries its own force and power. We now apprehend the design of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:3

Verse 3 The Prophet goes on with the same subject; and still longer is the preface respecting the nature of God, which however is to be applied, as I have said, to the special objects which hereafter he will state. He says here that God is slow to wrath Though this saying is taken also from Moses yet the Prophet speaks here for the purpose of anticipating an objection; for he obviates the audacity of the ungodly who daringly derided God, when any evil was denounced on them, — Where is the mercy... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:4

Verse 4 Nahum continues his discourse, — that God, in giving proof of his displeasure, would disturb the sea or make it dry. There may be here an allusion to the history, described by Moses; for the Prophets, in promising God’s assistance to his people, often remind them how God in a miraculous manner brought up their fathers from Egypt. As then the passage through the Red Sea was in high repute among the Jews, it may be that the Prophet alluded to that event, (Exodus 14:22.) But another view... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:6

Verse 6 The Prophet shows here why he gave in the part noticed in the last lecture, such an awful description of God; it was that men might know, that when they shall come before his tribunal, no one will be able to stand unless supported by his favor. Of the Prophet’s main object we have sufficiently spoken, nor is it necessary to repeat here what has been stated. It is enough to bear this in mind, — that as the enemies of the Church relied on their power; and daringly and immoderately raged... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:1

§ 1. The heading of the book. The book has a double title, the first giving the object of the prophecy, which otherwise would not be evident; the second, its author, added to give confidence in its contents. The burden; massa ( Habakkuk 1:1 )—a term generally used of a weighty, threatening prophecy ( Isaiah 13:1 ), though translated by the LXX . λῆμμα here, and elsewhere ὄρασις , and ῥῆμα . Some prefer to render it "utterance," or "oracle." The word is capable of either... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:1

A vision and a burden. I. THE VISION OF NAHUM . 1. The person of the prophet. II. THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH . 1 . The city. Nineveh; in Assyrian Ninua, or Nina, equivalent to "Station," "Dwelling," if the word be of Semitic origin; equivalent to "Fish house" if derived from the Accadian (Delitzsch). A city remarkable for: 2 . The burden. This, which refers to Nahum's oracle concerning Nineveh, appropriately describes: LESSONS . 1 . The argument... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:4

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:4

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:1

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