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Nahum 1

Nah. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The burden
massa' (Hebrew #4853)
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
KJV usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, X they set, song, tribute.
Pronounce: mas-saw'
Origin: from 5375
of Nineveh
Niynveh (Hebrew #5210)
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
KJV usage: Nineveh.
Pronounce: nee-nev-ay'
Origin: of foreign origin
. The book
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
of the vision
chazown (Hebrew #2377)
a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
KJV usage: vision.
Pronounce: khaw-zone'
Origin: from 2372
of Nahum
Nachuwm (Hebrew #5151)
comfortable; Nachum, an Israelite prophet
KJV usage: Nahum.
Pronounce: nakh-oom'
Origin: from 5162
the Elkoshite
'Elqoshiy (Hebrew #512)
an Elkoshite or native of Elkosh
KJV usage: Elkoshite.
Pronounce: el-ko-shee'
Origin: patrial from a name of uncertain derivation
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Book,
Burden,
Elkoshite,
Nahum,
Nineveh,
Visions

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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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. (Isa. 15:1)
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Isa. 21:1• 1The burden of the desert of the sea. (Isa. 21:1)
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Isa. 22:1• 1The burden of the valley of vision. (Isa. 22:1)
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Isa. 23:1• 1The burden of Tyre. (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 Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward Jehovah; (Zech. 9:1)
Nineveh.
Gen. 10:11• 11From that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, 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 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, 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.

JND Translation Notes

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

W. Kelly Translation

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