Nahum 1:1 (WEB)

Passage

A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:1 A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nahum 1:2 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

Nahum 1:3 Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges...", so "revelation" 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 "revelation" and "nineveh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.