5  O my persons, keep in mind ywhat Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from zShittim to Gilgal, which you could know athe righteous functions on the Lord.”

9  What xdo you plot from the Lord? yHe will make a whole end; problems will not likely rise up a next time. ten  For They are really zlike entangled thorns, like drunkards since they drink; athey are eaten like stubble thoroughly dried. 11  From you arrived 1 bwho plotted evil in opposition to the Lord, a worthless counselor.

17  Your zprinces are wlike grasshoppers, ayour scribes11 like clouds of locusts settling on the fences in a day of cold— once the Solar rises, they fly absent; no-one is aware exactly where They can be.

five  mBehold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and ywill elevate up your skirts over your facial area; and I could make nations take a look at zyour nakedness and kingdoms at your disgrace.

nine  What xdo you plot versus the Lord? yHe can make a complete conclusion; hassle is not going to rise up a 2nd time. ten  For they are zlike entangled thorns, like drunkards as they consume; athey are eaten like stubble absolutely dried. 11  From you arrived a single bwho plotted evil in opposition to the Lord, a worthless counselor.

it can vdevour you wlike the locust. Multiply yourselves wlike the locust; multiply wlike the grasshopper! sixteen  You amplified xyour retailers much more than the stars in the heavens. wThe locust spreads its wings and flies away.

What 25do you plot versus the LORD? 26He could make an entire conclude; issues will not likely rise up a 2nd time. 10

The Lord of historical past is really a “stronghold” for “people who acquire refuge in him” (one:seven). He can cope with all challenges in specific lives. He has defeated powers far bigger than Assyria. He grants to his possess the ultimate defense and deliverance.

Judgment for Israel’s enemies. not merely is redemption promised for God’s very own persons; judgment is certain for people who will likely not bow the knee and choose refuge from the Lord.

fourteen  The Lord has provided commandment about you: f“No additional shall your title be perpetuated; from gthe home of one's gods I'll Reduce off the carved graphic and also the metal picture. hI can make your grave, ifor you will be vile.”

This book is called, within the Vulgate Latin version, "the Prophecy of Nahum"; and during the Syriac and Arabic versions, "the Prophecy in the Prophet Nahum"; As well as in Na 1:one; it is named "the Book of your Vision of Nahum"; which happens to be quite singular; and from whence we master of what spot this prophet was; but of the extra are going to be said on that verse. His identify signifies "consolation": and while the subject of his prophecy mainly relates to the destruction of your Assyrian empire, and of Nineveh, the Main metropolis of it; nonetheless this was a convenience to your folks with the Jews, that an enemy so potent, and who was so troublesome to them, and whom they dreaded, really should sooner or later be wrecked. In what age Nahum lived is not really reported; and writers greatly disagree over it. Some make him to become quite possibly the most historical of many of the prophets; who suppose him to prophesy with the destruction of Nineveh, before the reigns of Joash king of Judah, and Jehu king of Israel, as Huetius a observes; and others convey him down as reduced, positioning him soon after Ezekiel, while in the instances of Zedekiah, Clemens of Alexandria b ; neither of which is likely. The Jewish chronologers c typically make him to are in the moments of Manasseh, and so Abarbinel; but Josephus d , with far more chance, puts him inside the instances of Jotham; while perhaps just what the higher range of interpreters give into could be most appropriate; as that he lived during the situations of Hezekiah, and was modern day with Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah; and that this prophecy was sent out following the 10 tribes were carried captive because of the king of Assyria, which was from the sixth year of Hezekiah, and in advance of Sennacherib's invasion of Judea, and siege of Jerusalem, which was from the fourteenth calendar year of his reign; and and that is thought to be Bible referred to from the "very first" chapter of the prophecy.

12  As a result states the Lord, “Though They are really at full toughness and many, cthey are going to be Slash down and move absent. dThough I've afflicted you, I'll afflict you no more. 13  And now eI will crack his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds aside.”

For They're 27like entangled thorns, like drunkards because they consume; 28they are consumed like stubble fully dried. eleven

5  mBehold, I am towards you, declares the Lord of hosts, and ywill lift up your skirts about your face; And that i can make nations evaluate zyour nakedness and kingdoms at your shame.