Nahum 1:1

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Summary

Nahum 1:1

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

Burden

General references

Habakkuk 1:1

Bible References

Burden

The

oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

In the year that King Ahaz died this

oracle came:

The oracle concerning Moab.
Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.

The

oracle concerning the

wilderness of the sea.

As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

The oracle concerning the valley of vision.
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

The oracle concerning Tyre.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or

harbor;

It is reported to them from the land of

Cyprus.

“Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you saying, ‘What is the

oracle of the Lord?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What oracle?’ The Lord declares, ‘I will abandon you.’

The burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),

General references

The

oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.