Nahum 1:1 Parallel Translations
NASB: The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: This is a revelation from the LORD about Nineveh. This book contains the vision of Nahum from Elkosh.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
ASV: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
BBE: The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
DBY: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
ERV: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
JPS: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
WBS: The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite,
WEB: An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
YLT: Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Nahum 1:1 Cross References
XREF:2 Kings 19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.

Isaiah 13:1 The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

Isaiah 19:1 The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Jeremiah 23:33 "Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you saying, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' then you shall say to them, 'What oracle?' The LORD declares, 'I will abandon you.'

Jeremiah 23:34 "Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, 'The oracle of the LORD,' I will bring punishment upon that man and his household.

Jonah 1:2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me."

Nahum 2:8 Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; "Stop, stop," But no one turns back.

Habakkuk 1:1 The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

Zephaniah 2:13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria, And He will make Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness.

Zechariah 9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD),

Malachi 1:1 The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 1:1 The {a} burden of Nineveh. {b} The book of the vision of Nahum the {c} Elkoshite.
The Argument - As those of Nineveh showed themselves prompt and ready to receive the word of God at Jonah's preaching, and so turned to the Lord by repentance, so after a certain time they gave themselves to worldly means to increase their dominion, rather than seeking to continue in that fear of God, and path in which they had begun. They cast off the care of religion, and so returned to their vomit and provoked God's just judgment against them, in afflicting his people. Therefore their city Nineveh was destroyed, and Meroch-baladan, king of Babel (or as some think, Nebuchadnezzar) enjoyed the empire of the Assyrians. But because God has a continual care for his Church, he stirs up his Prophet to comfort the godly, showing that the destruction of their enemies would be for their consolation: and as it seems, he prophesies around the time of Hezekiah, and not in the time of Manasseh his son, as the Jews write.
(a) Read Geneva Isa 13:1
(b) The vision or revelation, which God commanded Nahum to write concerning the Ninevites.
(c) That is, born in a poor village in the tribe of Simeon.
WES: 1:1 The burden - When the prophets were sent to denounce judgments against a nation or city, the word was usually called the burden of that nation or city. The vision - As prophets were of old called seers, 1Sam 9:9, so their prophesies were called visions. Nahum - His name speaks a comforter, but it is God's people to whom he gives notice of the destruction of their oppressors.
MHC: 1:1-8 About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevites repented, and were spared, yet, soon after, they became worse than ever. Nineveh knows not that God who contends with her, but is told what a God he is. It is good for all to mix faith with what is here said concerning Him, which speaks great terror to the wicked, and comfort to believers. Let each take his portion from it: let sinners read it and tremble; and let saints read it and triumph. The anger of the Lord is contrasted with his goodness to his people. Perhaps they are obscure and little regarded in the world, but the Lord knows them. The Scripture character of Jehovah agrees not with the views of proud reasoners. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is slow to wrath and ready to forgive, but he will by no means acquit the wicked; and there is tribulation and anguish for every soul that doeth evil: but who duly regards the power of his wrath?
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