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

Bible Comments

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, for which the previous verses have prepared the way-namely, to assure his people of safety in Yahweh under the impending attack of Sennacherib (Nahum 1:7), and to announce the doom of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian foe (Nahum 1:8). The contrast of Nahum 1:7-8 ("But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place," Nineveh) heightens the force.

And he knoweth them that trust in him - "knoweth," recognizes as His own (Hosea 13:5, "I did know thee in the wilderness;" Amos 3:2, "You only have I known of all the families of the earth"); and so cares for and guards those that trust in Him, as Hezekiah did when attacked by Sennacherib (Psalms 1:6, "The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous;" 2 Timothy 2:19, "The Lord knoweth them that are His"). In illustration of Hezekiah's trust, we read, "He spake comfortably to the people, Be strong and courageous; be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; because there be more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles: and the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah."

Nahum 1:7

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