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Nah. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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1-15: The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.

burden.

Isa. 13:1• ¹The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. (Isa. 13:1)

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Isa. 14:28• ²⁸In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden: (Isa. 14:28)

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Isa. 15:1• ¹The burden of Moab: For in the night of being laid waste, Ar of Moab is destroyed; for in the night of being laid waste, Kir of Moab is destroyed! (Isa. 15:1)

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Isa. 21:1• ¹The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. (Isa. 21:1)

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Isa. 22:1• ¹The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? (Isa. 22:1)

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Isa. 23:1• ¹The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, none entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. (Isa. 23:1)

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Jer. 23:33‑37• ³³And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even cast you off, saith Jehovah.
³⁴And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.
³⁵Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?
³⁶And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts, our God.
³⁷Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken? (Jer. 23:33‑37)

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Zech. 9:1• ¹The burden of the word of Jehovah, in the land of Hadrach, and on Damascus shall it rest; (for Jehovah hath an eye upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel;) (Zech. 9:1)

Nineveh.

Gen. 10:11• ¹¹From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, (Gen. 10:11)

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Jonah 3:3‑4• ³And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
⁴And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown! (Jonah 3:3‑4)

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Zeph. 2:13• ¹³And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a place of drought like the wilderness. (Zeph. 2:13)

• Singular was the reproach of the Jews in the time of our Lord (John 7:52); for there were prophets who had arisen out of Galilee. Jonah and Nahum were both Galileans. (“Nahum” by W. Kelly)

• “The burden of Nineveh” means the heavy sentence of God against that famous city, a phrase customary in the prophets. (“Nahum 1” by W. Kelly)

• It has its fulfillment in end-time prophecy of the Lord’s judgment of Gog and his confederacy (Ezek. 38-39). (“The Prophecies of Nahum” by B. Anstey)

• This is the Winepress judgment (Isa. 34:1-10; 63:1-6; Joel 3:13; Rev. 14:17-20). (“The Prophecies of Nahum” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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hThe burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

JND Translation Notes

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* (The title of this book, "Nahum"), Said to mean "Comfort" or "Comforted."