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Nahum 1:15 KJV
Nahum · chapter 1 · verse 15
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.Nahum 1:15 · King James Version
Nahum 1:15 in context
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- publishethshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- tidingsbâsarproperly, to be freshH1319 →
- performshâlamto be safeH7999 →
- feastschaga festival, or a victim thereforH2282 →
- peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →
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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