微读圣经

1The pronouncement1:1 Is 13:1; 30:6; Jr 18:18; Ezk 12:10; Hab 1:1; Zch 9:1; 12:1; Mal 1:1 concerning Nineveh.1:1 Jnh 3:3–4; 4:11; Nah 2:8; Zph 2:13 The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

God’s Vengeance

2The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;

the Lord takes vengeance

and is fierce in1:2 Lit is a master of wrath.

The Lord takes vengeance against his foes;1:2 Dt 32:35,41,43; Ps 94:1; 149:7; Is 1:24; 59:17; Jr 5:9,29; 9:9; 46:10; 50:15; 51:6,11,36; Ezk 25:14–17; Mc 5:15; 2Th 1:8; Heb 10:30

he is furious with his enemies.1:2 Dt 6:15; Ps 94:1; Is 63:1–6; Jr 46:10; 50:28–29; Mc 5:15; Zph 1:18

3The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;

the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.1:3 Ex 34:6–7; Nm 14:18

His path is in the whirlwind and storm,1:3 Pr 1:27; 10:25; Is 66:15; Jr 4:13; Hs 8:7

and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.1:3 Dt 33:26; Ps 68:4; 104:3; Mt 24:30; 26:64

4He rebukes the sea and dries it up,

and he makes all the rivers run dry.1:4 2Sm 22:16; Ps 106:9; Is 50:2; Mt 8:26

Bashan and Carmel wither;1:4 Is 33:9; Jr 50:19

even the flower of Lebanon withers.

5The mountains quake before him,

and the hills melt;

the earth trembles1:5 Some emend to earth is laid waste1:5 Lit lifts at his presence —

the world and all who live in it.1:5 Jdg 5:5; Ps 18:7; 46:2–3; 97:5; Is 5:25; 64:1,3; Jr 4:24; Am 8:8; Mc 1:4

6Who can withstand his indignation?

Who can endure his burning anger?1:6 Ps 7:11; 69:24; 78:49; Jl 2:11; Mal 3:2

His wrath is poured out like fire;1:6 Ps 21:9; Is 9:19; 30:30; Jr 4:4; Lm 4:11; Ezk 22:20; Zph 1:18

even rocks are shattered before him.

Destruction of Nineveh

7The Lord is good,

a stronghold in a day of distress;

he cares for those who take refuge1:7 2Sm 22:3; Ps 17:7; 34:8 in him.

8But he will completely destroy Nineveh1:8 Lit her place

with an overwhelming flood,1:8 Nah 2:6

and he will chase his enemies into darkness.

9Whatever you1:9 = Nineveh plot against the Lord,

he will bring it to complete destruction;1:9 Ps 2:1–4

oppression will not rise up a second time.

10For they will be consumed

like entangled thorns,1:10 Mal 4:1

like the drink of a drunkard

and like straw that is fully dry.1:10 Hb obscure

11One has gone out from you,1:11 Possibly Nineveh

who plots evil against the Lord,

and is a wicked counselor.

Promise of Judah’s Deliverance

12This is what the Lord says:

Though they are strong1:12 Lit intact and numerous,

they will still be mowed down,

and he1:12 Either the king of Assyria or his army will pass away.

Though I have punished you,1:12 = Judah1:12 Is 10:5–34

I will punish you no longer.1:12 Ps 30:5; 103:9; Is 54:8

13For I will now break off his yoke from you

and tear off your shackles.

The Assyrian King’s Demise

14The Lord has issued an order concerning you:

There will be no offspring

to carry on your name.1:14 Lit It will not be sown from your name any longer1:14 Lv 20:3; 1Sm 24:21; Ps 89:4; Is 48:19; 66:22

I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image

from the house of your gods;1:14 Dt 27:15; Jdg 18:14

I will prepare your grave,

for you are contemptible.

15Look to the mountains —

the feet of the herald,1:15 Is 52:7; 61:1; Rm 10:15

who proclaims peace.

Celebrate your festivals, Judah;

fulfill your vows.

For the wicked one will never again

march through you;

he will be entirely wiped out.

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