Nahum 1:15 (WEB)

Passage

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

Nearby Context

Nahum 1:13 Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

Nahum 1:14 Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

Nahum 1:15 Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "mountains", "feet", "brings", "good", "news", "publishes", and "peace". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "mountains", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Yahweh has commanded concerning you No more...", giving immediate footing for "behold" and "mountains". In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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