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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 did see. (Isa. 13:1)

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

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Isa. 15:1• ¹The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; (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, no 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 the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.
³⁴And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house.
³⁵Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
³⁶And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God.
³⁷Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken? (Jer. 23:33‑37)

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Zech. 9:1• ¹The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord. (Zech. 9:1)

Nineveh.

Gen. 10:11• ¹¹Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (Gen. 10:11)

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Jonah 3:3‑4• ³So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. 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, and dry like a 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.

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