Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Verse 7. _THE LORD_ IS _GOOD_] In the midst of judgment he remembersmercy; and among the most dreadful denunciations of wrath he minglespromises of mercy. None that trust in him need be alarmed at t...
Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
THE LORD IS GOOD: A STRONGHOLD IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE - “Good anddoing good,” and full of sweetness; alike good and mighty; good ingiving Himself and imparting His goodness to His own; yea “none isg...
Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONSCHAPTER 1The Purpose of God in Dealing with the Assyrian Oppressor_ 1. The superscription (Nahum 1:1) _2. Jehovah's majesty in judgment (Nahum 1:2)3. His people comfo...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible
THE AVENGING WRATH OF YAHWEH. Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful Godsensitive to the honour of Himself and His people who marcheth throughwhirlwind and storm to save them from the enemy. Before His pr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
GOOD. See the Structure "7", above. Compare 1 Chronicles 16:34.Psalms100:5.Jeremiah 33:11.Lamentations 3:25.st
Charles Box Commentaries
_GOD IS SO POWERFUL THAT SINNERS CANNOT STAND BEFORE HIM -- NAHUM1:6-9:_ Nahum asked, "Who can stand before His indignation? And whocan endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out lik...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae
DISCOURSE: 1219GOD A REFUGE IN TIME OF TROUBLENahum 1:7. _The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; andhe knoweth them that trust in him_.WHEN God interposed in a cloud between the c...
co*ke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
THE LORD IS GOOD, &C.— _The Lord is good to him who trusts in him inthe day of trouble: he careth for those who confide in him._ This issaid very appositely by the prophet, prophesying against Ninev...
College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
THE COMING OF THE LORD OF JUDGEMENT. Nahum 1:2-8RV. Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah taketh vengeance onhis adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. Jehovah isslow to ange...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweththem that trust in him. THE LORD IS GOOD, A STRONG HOLD IN THE DAY OFTROUBLE. Here Nahum enters on his special subject, for whic...
Darby's translation notes (1890)
1:7 trouble; (a-10) Or 'distress,' as Genesis 35:3 ....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
GOD'S VENGEANCE ON HIS PEOPLE'S ENEMIES. DELIVERANCE FOR JUDAH1, 2. Superscription: 'Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of thevision of prophesying of Nahum the Elkosh*te.' A. theologicalintroduct...
EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
NAHUM, *PROPHET OF COMFORTNAHUM_GORDON CHURCHYARD_Comfort them; comfort my people, says the *LORD (Isaiah 40:1).(‘Comfort’ means ‘stop them suffering and make them strong’.‘*LORD’ is a speci...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
(2-8) God’s character a pledge that the oppressor of His servantsshall be destroyed....
ETCBC data on Hebrew bible
טֹ֣וב יְהוָ֔ה לְ מָעֹ֖וז בְּ יֹ֣וםצָרָ֑ה
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)
THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORDNahum 1:1THE prophet Nahum, as we have seen, arose probably in Judah, if notabout the same time as Zephaniah and Jeremiah, then a few years later.Whether he prophesied be...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary
GOD'S GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUS ANGERNahum 1:1-15The native city of Nahum was Elkosh, near the Lake of Galilee. Thename Capernaum means literally “the village of Nahum.” He livedabout 150 years afte...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible
The prophet preceded the announcement of a verdict of vengeance by asection dealing wholly with Jehovah Himself. As to His character, Heis a God of vengeance, and yet the central fact of His nature...
Geneva Study Bible Commentary
The LORD [is] good, (h) a strong hold in the day of trouble; and heknoweth them that trust in him.(h) Lest the faithful should be discouraged by hearing the power ofGod, he shows them that his mer...
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
_Hope. Septuagint, "fear." He approves of his faithful servants.(Haydock)_...
Hawker's Poor man's commentary
The Prophet opens his sermon with the most striking text, such as theLord himself opened his sermon with, when he preached before Moses.See Exodus 34:1. It were to weaken the words of this solemn an...
Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly
Lectures on the Minor Prophets.W. Kelly.Singular was the reproach of the Jews in the time of our Lord (John7:52); for there were prophets who had arisen out of Galilee. Jonahand Nahum were both G...
John Calvin's Bible Commentary
The Prophet expresses more clearly here what we referred to in ourlast lecture, — that God is hard and severe toward refractory men,and that he is merciful and kind to the teachable and the obedient...
John Darby's Synopsis
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, AND 3.If we were to examine closely the different characters of the nationswho have been connected with the people of God, we should perhaps findin e...
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
THE LORD [IS] GOOD,.... To Israel, as the Targum adds; to Hezekiah andhis, people, that betook themselves to him, and put their trust inhim; whom he defended and preserved from the king of Assyria,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary
The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and heknoweth them that trust in him.Ver. 7. _The Lord is good_] To Israel (though terrible to theAssyrians, as hath been plainly and plent...
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
The Lord is good, even in the midst of His judgments, A STRONGHOLD INTHE DAY OF TROUBLE, a refuge when distress and misery come upon thebelievers; AND HE KNOWETH THEM THAT TRUST IN HIM, He has that...
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
THE DIVINE COUNSEL CONCERNING THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH.God, who is at the same time the God of the covenant and the almightySovereign of the universe, states that He has fully decided to bringabo...
Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)
STRONG HOLD:Or, strength...
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible
1-8 About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevitesrepented, and were spared, yet, soon after, they became worse thanever. Nineveh knows not that God who contends with her, but is...
Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible
THE LORD IS GOOD; though so terrible to his enemies, to obstinatesinners, yet he is as gentle, kind, and good to his people, to Israel;so the Chaldee paraphrast. IS GOOD; in his just severity he con...
Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes
Nahum 1:7 LORD H3068 good H2896 stronghold H4581 day H3117 troubleH6869 knows H3045 (H8802) trust H2620 ...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
THE MIGHT AND CHARACTER OF GOD (NAHUM 1:2).The prophecy begins with an awesome and magnificent picture of themight and character of God.Nahum 1:2‘YHWH is a jealous God and avenges. YHWH avenges...
Scofield's Bible Commentary
HE KNOWETH THEM THAT TRUST(Psalms 1:6); (2 Timothy 2:19).(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
Summarized Bible Commentary
CONTENTS: Jehovah's holiness and power. Nineveh's destructionforecasted.CHARACTERS: God, Nahum.CONCLUSION: The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against Hisenemies, and His favor and mercy ar...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Nahum 1:1. _The burden of Nineveh Nahum the Elkosh*te._ This refers toa village of Galilee, the native place of Nahum, who in point oftalent was among the first of the Hebrew prophets. Yet nothing o...
The Biblical Illustrator
_He knoweth them that trust in Him; but with an overrunning flood Hewill make an utter end of the place thereof._OPPOSITE TYPES OF HUMAN CHARACTER, AND OPPOSITE LINES OF DIVINEPROCEDUREI. Opposi...
The Biblical Illustrator
_The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble._GOODNESS A STRONGHOLDThe great design of religion is to bring us to God and trueblessedness. In order to this, there must be full and practic...
The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:2 A Psalm Descriptively Praising the Lord.These verses praise God as he has been and will be throughout worldhistory. It presents God’s attitude toward, and action relating to,...
The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:7 In contrast to his anger, God is GOOD to hispeople. The Lord is the never-failing STRONGHOLD for his people (e.g.,Psalms 27:1
The Pulpit Commentaries
EXPOSITIONNAHUM 1:1Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH DECREED BY GOD.NAHUM 1:1§ 1. _The heading of the book. _The book has a double ti
Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith
Tonight, let's turn now to the book of Nahum. Again, just threeChapter s long and they're even short Chapter s. So, we should have arelatively short Bible study tonight in Nahum.He introduces the s...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Chronicles 16:34; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 John 4:8; 2 Chronicles 16:8;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Knoweth — He approves, owns, and preserves them....
