Quotes from Nahum

8 notable lines from Nahum · c. 615 BCE

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Nahum 1:7 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace!

    Nahum 1:15 (KJV)

  2. God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

    Nahum 1:2, opening of the book (KJV)

  3. The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

    Nahum 1:3 (KJV)

  4. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

    Nahum 1:6 (KJV)

  5. Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not.

    Nahum 3:1 (KJV)

  6. The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

    Nahum 2:4 (KJV)

  7. She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

    Nahum 2:10 (KJV)