Nahum 1:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6), for emphasis, calling attention to the reference to Isaiah 52:7, the the hypotheticalsecond Isaiah, 100 years before he is supposed by modern critics to have lived.

keep thy solemn feasts. Figure of speech. Polyptoton. App-6. Hebrew "feast thy solemn feasts": used for great emphasis. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 16:16, &c.; Nah 23:21, &c). App-92.

the wicked. Hebrew [the man of] Belial. See note on Nahum 1:11.

Nahum 1:15

15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keepf thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.