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title: "Commentary on Jonah, Micah and Nahum"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
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shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 74 of 76
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Jonah, Micah and Nahum, section 74. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-jonah-micah-and-nahum/74/"
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# Commentary on Jonah, Micah and Nahum

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Jonah, Micah and Nahum.

## 74. Chapter 1

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[¶0] 1 The burden of Nineveh, — the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

[¶1] 2 A God jealous, and an avenger is Jehovah; Avenger is Jehovah, and a retainer of wrath; Take vengeance does Jehovah on his enemies, And keep it for his adversaries: (421)

[¶2] 3 Jehovah is slow to wrath, and great in power, And by clearing he will not clear: Jehovah! In the whirlwind and tempest is his way, And the cloud is the dust of his feet: (424)

[¶3] 4 He chides the sea, and it becomes dry; And all the rivers he dried up; Languish do Bashan and Carmel, And the flower of Lebanon languishes:

[¶4] 5 Mountains tremble at him, and hills melt; And burn does the earth before his face, Yea, the world, and all who dwell in it. (427)

[¶5] 6 Before his indignation who can stand? And who can bear the fierceness of his wrath? (429) His fury is poured out like fire, And rocks dissolve before him.

[¶6] 7 Good is Jehovah for strength in the day of distress; And he knoweth them who hope in him.

[¶7] 8 But with an inundation, he, passing through, Will make a consummation in her place; (433) And pursue shall darkness his enemies.

[¶8] 9 What do ye imagine against Jehovah? A consummation he makes! Not rise again shall affliction.

[¶9] 10 They who are like entangled thorns, And drunken as with their own drinking — Devoured shall they be as stubble fully dry. (437)

[¶10] 11 From thee has gone forth a contriver of evil Against Jehovah, a wicked counselor.

[¶11] 12 Thus saith Jehovah, — Though they are secure, and though they are many, They shall yet be cut off, and he shall pass through: (443) And through I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more;

[¶12] 13 For now will I break off from thee his yoke, And his bonds will I burst asunder.

[¶13] 14 And a command respecting thee hath Jehovah given, — “Let none be sown hereafter of thy name;” From the house of thy gods will I cut off The graven and the molten image; I will make thy grave, for thou art execrable.

[¶14] 15 Behold on the mountains the feet of him Who announceth, who publisheth peace! Celebrate thou, Judah, thy solemnities, Perform thy vows; for pass through thee Shall the wicked one no more, — he is wholly cut off.