Nahum 1:1 (DBY)

Passage

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nahum 1:2 A jealous and avenging God is Jehovah: an avenger is Jehovah, and full of fury: Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

Nahum 1:3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear [the guilty]: Jehovah, his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "burden", "nineveh", "book", "vision", "nahum", and "elkoshite". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "burden" and "nineveh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "A jealous and avenging God is Jehovah...", so "burden" and "nineveh" should be read forward into that movement. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "burden" and "nineveh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.