--- title: "Nahum 1 - Study King James Bible with scofields reference notes" description: "Read Nahum 1 with scofields reference notes commentary. 1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/scofields-reference-notes/nahum/1" --- [ Read](/kjv/nahum/1)[ Commentary](/study/nahum/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/nahum/1) Audio 1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 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.** 3 The LORD *is* slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit *the wicked:* the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds *are* the dust of his feet. 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. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.* 7 The LORD *is* good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.* 8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For while *they be* folden together *as* thorns, and while they are drunken *as* drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11 There is *one* come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.* 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though *they be* quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.** 13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, *that* no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.** [Micah 7](/study/micah/7) [Nahum 2](/study/nahum/2) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Nineveh** Nineveh stands in Scripture as the representative of apostate religious Gentiledom, as Babylon represents the confusion into which the Gentile political world-system has fallen [Daniel 2:41-43](/kjv/daniel/2/41-43); [Daniel 2:41-43](/kjv/daniel/2/41-43) *(See Scofield "*[Daniel 2:41-27](/kjv/daniel/2/41-27).2.43- :*")* , Under the preaching of Jonah, B.C. 862, the city and king had turned to God (Elohim), [Jonah 3:3-10](/kjv/jonah/3/3-10) But in the time of Nahum, more than a century later, the city had wholly apostatized from God. It is this which distinguishes Nineveh from all the other ancient Gentile cities, and which makes her the suited symbol of the present religious Gentile world-system in the last day. Morally, Nineveh is described in [Romans 1:21-23](/kjv/romans/1/21-23). The chief deity of apostate Nineveh was the bull-god, with the face of a man and the wings of a bird: "an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts." The message of Nahum, uttered about one hundred years before the destruction of Nineveh, is, therefore, not a call to repentance, but an unrelieved warning of judgment: "He will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time." [Nahum 1:9](/kjv/nahum/1/9); see, also, [Nahum 3:10](/kjv/nahum/3/10). For there is no remedy for apostasy but utter judgment, and a new beginning. Cf. ; [Isaiah 1:4](/kjv/isaiah/1/4); [Isaiah 1:5](/kjv/isaiah/1/5); [Isaiah 1:24-28](/kjv/isaiah/1/24-28); [Hebrews 6:4-8](/kjv/hebrews/6/4-8); [Proverbs 29:1](/kjv/proverbs/29/1). It is the way of God; apostasy is punished by catastrophic destruction. Of this the flood and the destruction of Nineveh are witnesses. The coming destruction of apostate Christendom is foreshadowed by these. (Cf) [Daniel 2:34](/kjv/daniel/2/34); [Daniel 2:35](/kjv/daniel/2/35); [Luke 17:26](/kjv/luke/17/26); [Luke 17:27](/kjv/luke/17/27); [Revelation 19:17-21](/kjv/revelation/19/17-21). **burden** See note 1, *(See Scofield "*[Revelation 19:17-66](/kjv/revelation/19/17-66).19.21- :*")* ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/scofields-reference-notes/nahum/1#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/scofields-reference-notes/nahum/1#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/scofields-reference-notes/nahum/1","name":"Nahum 1 - Study King James Bible with scofields reference notes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/scofields-reference-notes/nahum/1#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Nahum 1 with scofields reference notes commentary. 1 The burden of Nineveh. 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