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Nahum 1:14 KJV
Nahum · chapter 1 · verse 14
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.Nahum 1:14 · King James Version
Nahum 1:14 in context
12Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
15Behold 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmenttsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- imagepeçelan idolH6459 →
- imagemaççêkâhproperly, a pouring overH4541 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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These verses seem to point at the destruction of the army of the Assyrians under Sennacherib, which may well be reckoned a part of the burden of Nineveh, the head city of the Assyrian empire, and a pledge of the destruction of Nineveh itself about 100 years after;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-15