Nahum 1:15 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

BSB

Look to the mountains— the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.

KJV

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

ASV

Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

BBE

See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.

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הִנֵּה hi·neh there H2009 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הֶהָרִים he·ha·rim the mountains H2022 רַגְלֵי rag·lei [the] feet of H7272 מְבַשֵּׂר me·va·ser [one who] bears news H1319 מַשְׁמִיעַ mash·mi·a' [one who] proclaims H8085 שָׁלוֹם sha·lom peace H7965 חָגִּי cha·gi celebrate a festival H2287 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah O Judah H3063 חַגַּיִךְ cha·ga·yikh festivals your H2282 שַׁלְּמִי sha·le·mi pay H7999 נְדָרָיִךְ ne·da·ra·yikh vows your H5088 כִּי ki for H3588 לֹא lo' not H3808 יוֹסִיף yo·sif he will repeat H3254 עוֹד od again H5750 לַעֲבָר la·'a·vor- to pass H5674 בָּךְ bakh in you H9032 בְּלִיַּעַל be·li·ya·'al a worthless person H1100 כֻּלֹּה ku·loh all of him H3605 נִכְרָת nikh·rat it will be cut off H3772

The early church

The prophet Nahum (or, better, God speaking through him) says, "I will destroy the graven and molten thing; I will make it your grave. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings peace. O Judah, keep your festivals and pay your vows, for it shall no longer be that they may pass into disuse. It is completed, it is consumed, it is taken away. He is come up that breathes into your face and rescues you from tribulation." Anyone who knows the Gospels will recognize who it was that came up from hell and breathed the Holy Spirit into the face of Judah, that is, into the face of his Jewish disciples. The words about the festivals are, of course, a reference to the New Testament, in which festivals are so spiritually renewed that they can never "pass into disuse." The rest of the prophecy too we see realized in that the gospel brought about the destruction of "graven and molten things," that is, the idols of the false gods, consigned now to the oblivion of the grave.

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430City of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–15

There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great deliverance for his own people. But those who make themselves vile by scandalous sins, God will make vile by shameful punishments. The tidings of this great deliverance shall be welcomed with abundant joy. These words are applied to the great redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus and the everlasting gospel, Ro 10:15. Christ's ministers are messengers of good tidings, that preach peace by Jesus Christ. How welcome to those who see their misery and danger by sin! And the promise they made in the day of trouble must be made good. Let us be thankful for God's ordinances, and gladly attend them. Let us look forward with cheerful hope to a world where the wicked never can enter, and sin and temptation will no more be known.

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