Nahum 1:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Goda is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. ”

Nahum 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God is jealous and the Lord revengeth - Rather (as the English margin) God “very jealous and avenging is the Lord.” The Name of God, יהוה ( YHVH ), “He who Is,” the Unchangeable, is thrice repe...
Nahum 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

God [is] (d) jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and (e) [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies. (d) Meaning, of his...
Nahum 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Avenging Wrath of Yahweh. Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful God sensitive to the honour of Himself and His people who marcheth through whirlwind and storm to save them from the enemy. Before His...
Nahum 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

GOD . Hebrew El. App-4. jealous . Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 20:5-7 ; Deuteronomy 4:24 ). App-92. See the Structure (book comments for Nahum), and note the subjects of "A" and "A"; "B" and...
Nahum 1:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 i...
Nahum 1:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1218 GOD A REVENGER OF SIN Nahum 1:2 ; Nahum 1:6 . God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he...
Nahum 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. God is jealous - For his own...
Nahum 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God is jealous, &c.— This and the following verses, to the eighth, are a preamble, like that of many others in the Prophets, to prepare the mind of the reader, and to impress upon him sentiment...
Nahum 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. Jealous. In this there is...
Nahum 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

God's Vengeance on His People's Enemies. Deliverance for Judah 1, 2. Superscription: 'Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of prophesying of Nahum the Elkoshite.' A. theological intro...
Nahum 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

God ... furious. — Better, A jealous and vengeful God is Jehovah, an avenger is Jehovah, aye, wrathful. This verse lays the groundwork for the declaration of God’s sentence against the offending...
Nahum 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD Nahum 1:1-15 THE prophet Nahum, as we have seen, arose probably in Judah, if not about the same time as Zephaniah and Jeremiah, then a few years later. Whether he prop...
Nahum 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Goodness and Righteous Anger Nahum 1:1-15 The native city of Nahum was Elkosh, near the Lake of Galilee. The name Capernaum means literally “the village of Nahum.” He lived about 150 year...
Nahum 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The prophet preceded the announcement of a verdict of vengeance by a section dealing wholly with Jehovah Himself. As to His character, He is a God of vengeance, and yet the central fact of His nature...
Nahum 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet opens his sermon with the most striking text, such as the Lord himself opened his sermon with, when he preached before Moses. See Exodus 34:1-7 . It were to weaken the words of this sole...
Nahum 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

God [is] jealous, and the Lord revengeth ,.... He is jealous of his own honour and glory, and for his own worship and ordinances; and will not give his glory to another, nor his praise to graven ima...
Nahum 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies. Ver. 2. God is jealous ]...
Nahum 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God is jealous For his own glory; and the Lord revengeth Or rather, avengeth , namely, the cause, or ill treatment, of his people, as being the Supreme Governor, who, by office, is bound to del...
Nahum 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Nineveh; The Awful Power of God. B. C. 710. 2 God is jealous, and th...
Nahum 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBHeb; God; the mighty God, so the French version, and the Hebrew la implieth it. Is jealous; his love is fervent for his people, his displeasure hot against his and their enemies, whose idolat...
Nahum 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Might and Character of God ( Nahum 1:2-8 ). The prophecy begins with an awesome and magnificent picture of the might and character of God. Nahum 1:2 ‘YHWH is a jealous God and avenges. YHW...
Nahum 1:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

God is jealous The great ethical lesson of Nahum is that the character of God makes Him not only "slow to anger," and "a stronghold to them that trust Him," but also one who "will not at all a...
Nahum 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Nahum 1:2 I. There are many terms applied to God in Scripture, which seem to anthropomorphize His character: The "angry" God; the "repenting" God; the "foreseeing" God. Now, whenever such terms ar...
Nahum 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:1 . The burden of Nineveh Nahum the Elkoshite. This refers to a village of Galilee, the native place of Nahum, who in point of talent was among the first of the Hebrew prophets. Yet nothin...
Nahum 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth. The jealous God There is in man a selfishness that is Divine. It is a singular fact, in our moral constitution, that often the tenderest feelings of our...
Nahum 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nahum 1:1-34 Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH DECREED BY GOD . Nahum 1:1 § 1. The heading of the book. The book has a double title, the first giving the obj...
Nahum 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Counsel Concerning the Judgment upon Nineveh. God, who is at the same time the God of the covenant and the almighty Sovereign of the universe, states that He has fully decided to bring...
Nahum 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:9 ; Deuteronomy 32:34 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Deuteronomy 32:41-43 ; Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Deuteronomy 4:24 ; Exodus 20:5 ; Exodus 34:14 ; Ezekiel 36:6 ; Ezekiel 38:18 ; Ezekiel 39:2...
Nahum 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jealous — For his own glory. Revengeth — As supreme governor, who by office is bound to right the oppressed, and to punish the oppressor.

Nahum 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Nahum 1:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Nahum 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nahum 1:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nahum 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nahum 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nahum 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nahum 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nahum 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Nahum 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Nahum 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nahum 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nahum 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nahum 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes