Nahum 1:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD is good, a strong holdc in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. ”

Nahum 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord is good: a stronghold in the day of trouble - “ Good and doing good,” and full of sweetness; alike good and mighty; good in giving Himself and imparting His goodness to His own; yea “none...
Nahum 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD [is] good, (h) a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. (h) Lest the faithful should be discouraged by hearing the power of God, he shows them that his me...
Nahum 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

good . See the Structure "7", above. Compare 1 Chronicles 16:34 . Psalms 100:5 . Jeremiah 33:11 . Lamentations 3:25 . strong hold . a place of safety. He knoweth, &c . Compare Psalms 1:6 ;...
Nahum 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
Nahum 1:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1219 GOD A REFUGE IN TIME OF TROUBLE Nahum 1:7 . The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him . WHEN God interposed in a cloud between...
Nahum 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. The Lord is good - In the midst of judgment he remembers mercy; and among the most dreadful denunciatio...
Nahum 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord is good, &c.— The Lord is good to him who trusts in him in the day of trouble: he careth for those who confide in him. This is said very appositely by the prophet, prophesying agains...
Nahum 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble. Here Nahum enters on his special subject, f...
Nahum 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-8) God’s character a pledge that the oppressor of His servants shall be destroyed.
Nahum 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 Assyri...
Nahum 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Ver. 7. The Lord is good ] To Israel (though terrible to the Assyrians, as hath been plainly and ple...
Nahum 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord is good But though God is thus terrible in his power, yet he is merciful, gracious, and beneficent in his nature, and is a sure refuge and protection to those who worship and serve him sin...
Nahum 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord is good; though so terrible to his enemies, to obstinate sinners, yet he is as gentle, kind, and good to his people, to Israel; so the Chaldee paraphrast. Is good; in his just severity h...
Nahum 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

he knoweth them that trust ( Psalms 1:6 ); ( 2 Timothy 2:19 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Nahum 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble. Goodness a stronghold The great design of religion is to bring us to God and true blessedness. In order to this, there must be full and pra...
Nahum 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 16:34 ; 1 Chronicles 5:20 ; 1 John 4:8-10 ; 2 Chronicles 16:8 ; 2 Chronicles 16:9 ; 2 Chronicles 32:11 ; 2 Chronicles 32:21 ; 2 Chronicles 32:8 ; 2 Timothy 2:19 ; Daniel 3:28 ;...
Nahum 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Knoweth — He approves, owns, and preserves them.

Nahum 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Nahum 1:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Nahum 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nahum 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nahum 1:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nahum 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nahum 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nahum 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nahum 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nahum 1:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Nahum 1:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nahum 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nahum 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nahum 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nahum 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nahum 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes