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JPSTHE BURDEN of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
ASVThe burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
DRAThe burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elcesite.
YLTBurden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
DrbyThe burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
RVThe burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
WbstrThe burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite,
KJB-1769The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
KJB-1611¶ The burden of Nineueh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsThe burden of Niniue: The boke of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
GnvaThe burden of Nineueh. The booke of the vision of Nahum the Elkeshite. (The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkeshite. )
CvdlThis is the heuy burthen of Niniue, which Naum of Elchos dyd wryte, as he sawe it. (This is the heuy burthen of Nineveh, which Naum of Elchos did wryte, as he saw it.)
WyclThe birthun of Nynyue; the book of visioun of Naum Helcesei. (The birthun of Nineveh; the book of vision of Naum Helcesei.)
LuthDies ist die Last über Ninive und das Buch der Weissagung Nahums von Elkos. (This/These is the Last above Ninive and the Buch the/of_the Weissagung Nahums from Elkos.)
ClVgOnus Ninive. Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi. (Onus Ninive. Liber visionis Nahum Elcesæi. )
1:1message . . . vision: This opening, similar to that of other prophetic books (cp. Obad 1:1; Hab 1:1; Mal 1:1), identifies Nahum as a prophet, one who uttered messages from God. • Nineveh became the capital of the Assyrian Empire sometime shortly after 705 BC and remained so until its destruction in 612 BC. • The name Nahum means “comfort” or “encouragement.” An important theme of his prophecy is that God will bring encouragement to his people through Nineveh’s downfall (Nah 1:12-15; see Isa 40:1).
(Occurrence 0) The declaration about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite
(Some words not found in UHB: oracle Nīnəvēh writing vision Naḩūm the,Elkoshite )
These words are an introduction to the entire book. This can be stated as a complete sentence. Alternate translation: “This is the book of the vision of Nahum, the Elkoshite, which gives a declaration about Nineveh”
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
