Nahum 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

He rebuketh the sea - as Jesus did (Matthew 8:26, "Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there He rebuketh the sea - as Jesus did (Matthew 8:26, "Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm"), proving Himself God (cf. Isaiah 50:2).

Bashan languisheth - through drought; ordinarily it was a region famed for its rich pasturage (cf. Joel 1:10, "the oil languisheth").

And the flower of Lebanon - its bloom; all that blooms so luxuriantly on Lebanon (Hosea 14:7, "the scent ... as the wine of Lebanon"). As Bashan was famed for its pastures, Carmel for its grain-fields and vineyards, so Lebanon for its forests (Isaiah 33:9). There is nothing in the world so blooming that God cannot change it when He is wroth.

Nahum 1:4

4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.