Nahum 1:4 (GNV)

Passage

He rebuketh the sea, and dryeth it, and he dryeth vp all the riuers: Bashan is wasted and Carmel, and the floure of Lebanon is wasted.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:2 God is ielous, and the Lord reuengeth: the Lord reuengeth: euen the Lord of anger, the Lord will take vengeance on his aduersaries, and he reserueth wrath for his enemies.

Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to anger, but he is great in power, and will not surely cleare the wicked: the Lord hath his way in ye whirlewind, and in the storme, and the cloudes are the dust of his feete.

Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and dryeth it, and he dryeth vp all the riuers: Bashan is wasted and Carmel, and the floure of Lebanon is wasted.

Nahum 1:5 The mountaines tremble for him, and the hilles melt, and the earth is burnt at his sight, yea, the worlde, and all that dwell therein.

Nahum 1:6 Who can stande before his wrath? or who can abide in the fiercenesse of his wrath? his wrath is powred out like fire, and the rockes are broken by him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rebuketh", "dryeth", "riuers", "bashan", "wasted", "carmel", and "floure". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rebuketh" and "dryeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "The Lord is slow to anger but..." into verse 5's "The mountaines tremble for him and the...", so "rebuketh" and "dryeth" belong inside that flow. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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