Self-interpreting Bible

1 THE ^aburden of ^bNineveh. The book of the ^cvision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

• a: Hab. 1:1 , Is. 13:1 , Is. 21:1 , Is. 22:1 , Is. 23:1 , Mal. 1:1 , Je. 23:33 , Zec. 9:1 , Zec. 12:1
• b: 3:3 , 3:10 , Ge. 10:11 , Zep. 2:13 - 15 , Na. 2:8 , Na. 3:7
• c: Is. 1:1 , Is. 2:1 , Nu. 12:6

2 ¹God is ^djealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD ^erevengeth, and ²is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he ^freserveth wrath for his enemies.

• 1: Or, The LORD is a jealous God, and a revenger.
• d: Is. 42:13 , Eze. 39:25 , Zec. 1:14 , Zec. 8:2 , 2:18 , Ex. 20:5
• e: Ps. 94:1 , De. 32:35 , De. 32:43 , Ro. 12:19
• 2: Heb. that hath fury.
• f: Ja. 5:3 , Je. 3:5 , De. 32:34 , De. 32:35 , Is. 3:11

3 The LORD is ^gslow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD ^hhath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

• g: 2Pe. 3:9 , Job 9:4 , Ex. 34:6 , Ex. 34:7 , Mi. 7:18 , 4:2 , Ps. 145:8 , Ps. 86:5 , Ps. 86:15
• h: Ex. 19:16 - 18 , De. 5:22 , De. 5:23 , Ps. 18:7 - 15 , Ps. 97:1 , Ps. 97:2 , Ps. 50:3 , Da. 7:13 , Ps. 104:3 , Hab. 3:5 , Hab. 3:11 , Hab. 3:12 , Zec. 9:14 , Is. 19:1

4 ⁱHe rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

• i: Ex. 14:22 , Jos. 3:15 , Jos. 3:16 , Ps. 106:9 , Ps. 114:3 , Ps. 114:5 , Mat. 8:26 , Is. 50:2 , Is. 51:10

5 The ^jmountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

• j: Ps. 68:8 , Mi. 1:2 , 2Sa. 22:8 , Ju. 5:4 , Ju. 5:5 , Is. 64:1 , Is. 64:2 , Ps. 97:5 , Ps. 29:6 , 2Pe. 3:10 , 2Pe. 3:12

6 ^kWho can stand before his indignation? and who can ³abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out ^llike fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

• k: Mal. 3:2 , Ps. 76:7 , Ps. 90:11 , Re. 6:17
• 3: Heb. stand up, Job 40.2. , Job 40:2
• l: De. 4:24 , De. 32:22 , He. 12:29 , Is. 10:17 , Is. 33:14 , Is. 64:2

7 The LORD is ^mgood, a ⁴strong hold in the day of trouble; and he ⁿknoweth them that trust in him.

• m: Mat. 19:17 , Ps. 119:68 , Na. 1:5 , Na. 1:6
• 4: Or, strength, Pr. 18.10. Ps. 18.2; 27.5; 91.1,2. Is. 25.4. , Pr. 18:10 , Ps. 18:2 , Ps. 27:5 , Ps. 91:1 , Ps. 91:2 , Is. 25:4
• n: Ps. 1:6 , 2Ti. 2:19 , 2Ki. 18:5 , 2Ch. 32:8

8 But with an ^ooverrunning flood he will make an utter end of the ^pplace thereof, and ^qdarkness shall pursue his enemies.

• o: Na. 2:6 , Am. 8:8 , Am. 9:5 , Is. 8:7 , Is. 8:8 , Da. 9:26 , Da. 11:10 , Da. 11:20 , Da. 11:40
• p: Na. 1:1 , Na. 2:6 , Zep. 2:13 - 15
• q: Is. 8:22 , Is. 3:10 , Mat. 8:12

9 ^rWhat do ye imagine against the LORD? ^she will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

• r: Ps. 2:1 - 4 , Pr. 21:30 , Is. 8:9 , Is. 8:10
• s: Na. 1:12 , 1Sa. 3:12 , 1Sa. 26:8 , Zep. 2:13 - 15 , Na. 3:18

10 For ^twhile they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, ^uthey shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

• t: 1Th. 5:2 , 1Th. 5:3 , Is. 8:9 , Na. 3:11 , Je. 25:15 , Je. 25:16 , Je. 51:39 , Je. 51:57
• u: Ps. 83:13 - 15 , Ps. 58:9 , Ps. 68:2 , Is. 9:18 , Is. 27:4

11 There is ^vone come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, ⁵a wicked counsellor.

• v: Is. 36:7 , Is. 36:18 , Is. 36:20 , Is. 37:10 , Is. 37:24 , Is. 37:29
• 5: Heb. a counsellor of Belial, Is. 36.14-20; 37.10. , Is. 36:14 - 20 , Is. 37:10

12 ^wThus saith the LORD; ⁶Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be ⁷cut down, when he shall pass through. Though ^xI have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

• w: Is. 10:7 - 19 , Is. 10:33 , Is. 10:34 , Is. 37:36 , Is. 14:25
• 6: Or, If they would have been at peace, so should they have been many, and so should they have been shorn, and he should have passed away.
• 7: Heb. shorn.
• x: Is. 8:7 , Is. 8:8 , Is. 10:5 , Is. 10:6 , Is. 37:33 - 35 , 2Ki. 19:32 - 36

13 For now will I break his ^yyoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in ^*sunder.

• y: 2Ki. 16:17 , 2Ki. 18:14 , Is. 9:4 , Is. 10:26 , Is. 10:27 , Is. 14:25 , Mi. 5:5 , Mi. 5:6
• *: sunder-pieces, parts.

14 And ^zthe LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that ^ano more of thy name be sown: ^bout of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: ^cI will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

• z: Is. 13:3 , Je. 18:6 , Am. 3:6 , Ps. 75:7
• a: Is. 14:21 , Is. 14:22 , Pr. 10:7
• b: Ex. 12:12 , Is. 19:1 , Is. 46:1 , Is. 46:2 , Je. 50:2 , Le. 26:30
• c: 2Ki. 19:6 - 16 , 2Ki. 19:37 , Na. 1:11 , Na. 3:1 , Na. 3:4 - 6

15 ^dBehold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! ^eO Judah, ⁸keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for ⁹the wicked ^fshall no more pass through thee; he is ^gutterly cut off.

• d: Is. 52:7 , Ro. 10:15
• e: Ps. 50:14 , Ps. 107:1 , Ps. 107:8 , Ps. 107:15 , Ps. 81:1
• 8: Heb. feast.
• 9: Heb. Belial.
• f: Na. 1:9 , Na. 1:12 , Na. 1:14 , Is. 10:28 - 30
• g: Is. 29:7 , Is. 29:8