5 The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth1 heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before His indignation? And awho can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7aThe Lordis good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And bHe knows those who trust in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.
9aWhat do you1 conspire against the Lord? bHe will make an utter end ofit. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
10 For while tangled alike thorns, bAnd while drunken like drunkards, cThey shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
Here Nahum enters on his special subject, for which the previous verses have prepared the way, namely, to assure his people of safety in Jehovah under the impending attack of Sennacherib (Nahum 1:7), and to announce the doom of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian foe (Nahum 1:8). The contrast of Nahum 1:7-8 heightens the force.
he knoweth—recognizes as His own (Hosea 13:5; Amos 3:2); and so, cares for and guards (Psalms 1:6; II Timothy 2:19).
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