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Nahum 1:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Nahum 1:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 1
Title.1 This is an oracle about Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.[a]
The Fury of God[b]
In the Face of His Ardent Anger, Who Could Resist Him?[c]
Chapter 1
Title. This is an oracle about Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.[d]
The Fury of God[e]
In the Face of His Ardent Anger, Who Could Resist Him?[f]
2 The Lord is a jealous God
who does not hesitate to wreak vengeance
or to show his anger.
The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and stores up wrath against his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power,
and he will never allow the guilty
to escape punishment.
He makes his way in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:1 Elkosh was probably a place in Judea. This verse tells us what the subject of the Book is to be.
- Nahum 1:1 The faith of Israel judges these events differently from the way secular historians do through the sudden leaps of history; it is the project of salvation of God that is accomplished: it is he who destroys Nineveh. Thus, before describing the unfolding of facts, the Book raises this drama to the level of a great manifestation of God, who brings back order and justice into the universe of men.
- Nahum 1:1 One must let himself be carried away by the force of this triumphal psalm, which proclaims the victory of the All-Powerful whom no one can resist. Nevertheless, this terrible God leans toward the wicked.
- Nahum 1:2 Elkosh was probably a place in Judea. This verse tells us what the subject of the Book is to be.
- Nahum 1:2 The faith of Israel judges these events differently from the way secular historians do through the sudden leaps of history; it is the project of salvation of God that is accomplished: it is he who destroys Nineveh. Thus, before describing the unfolding of facts, the Book raises this drama to the level of a great manifestation of God, who brings back order and justice into the universe of men.
- Nahum 1:2 One must let himself be carried away by the force of this triumphal psalm, which proclaims the victory of the All-Powerful whom no one can resist. Nevertheless, this terrible God leans toward the wicked.
