Nahúm 1:7-8 RVA

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 1:7

The Lord is good ,.... To Israel, as the Targum adds; to Hezekiah and his, people, that betook themselves to him, and put their trust in him; whom he defended and preserved from the king of Assyria, to whom he was dreadful and terrible, destroying his army in one night by an angel; and so delivered the king of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from that terror that had seized them, and that danger they were exposed unto; and so the Lord is good in himself, in the perfections of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof ,.... Of Nineveh, against whom this prophecy was, and upon whom it lay as a burden, Nahum 1:1 ; and now though the Lord was good to them that trust in him, and a strong hold to them in a time of trouble; yet he was determined to destroy their enemies the Assyrians, and Nineveh their chief city; and that by the means of a powerful army, which, like a flood or inundation of water breaking in, overruns and carries... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good - In the midst of judgment he remembers mercy; and among the most dreadful denunciations of wrath he mingles promises of mercy. None that trust in him need be alarmed at these dreadful threatenings; they shall be discriminated in the day of wrath, for the Lord knoweth them that trust in him. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood - Bishop Newcome thinks this may refer to the manner in which Nineveh was taken. The Euphrates overflowed its banks, deluged a part of the city, and overturned twenty stadia of the wall; in consequence of which the desponding king burnt himself, and his palace, with his treasures. - Diodor. Sic., Edit. Wessel., p. 140, lib. ii., s. 27. Darkness shall pursue - Calamity. All kinds of calamity shall pursue them till they are destroyed. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:7

Verse 7 The Prophet expresses more clearly here what we referred to in our last lecture, — that God is hard and severe toward refractory men, and that he is merciful and kind to the teachable and the obedient, — not that God changes his nature, or that like Proteus he puts on various forms; but because he treats men according to their disposition. (214) As then the Prophet has hitherto taught us, that God’s wrath cannot be sustained by mortals; so now, that no one might complain of extreme... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:8

Verse 8 The Prophet goes on with the same subject, — that God can easily preserve his people, for he is armed with power sufficient to overcome the whole world. But the Prophet now includes the two things which have been mentioned: Having spoken in general of God’s wrath, and of his goodness towards the faithful, he now applies his doctrine to the consolation of his chosen people. It is then a special application of his doctrine, when he says, By inundation, he, passing through, will make a... 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 1:7

The Lord is good. The Targum adds unnecessarily, "for Israel" ( Psalms 25:8 ). He is "good," in that he is a stronghold in the day of trouble, as in the perilous time when the Assyrians attacked Judaea (comp. Psalms 27:1 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ). He knoweth; loves and cares for. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:7

The Divine goodness. "The Lord is good." The word "good" is used herein the sense of the desire to promote happiness. The prophet affirms that "the Lord" possesses this disposition—that whilst he is powerful he exerts this power in saving, not in destroying, "judgment" being "his strange work;" that whilst his presence fills all space, and his omniscient eye penetrates all, he is concerned, in his watchfulness, that none of the creatures he has formed should lack the blessings his... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 1:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:1-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 1:7

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