God’s Word Translation
Nahum 1:15
15There on the mountains are the feet of a messenger who announces the good news: “All is well!” Celebrate your festivals, Judah! Keep your vows! This wickedness will never pass your way again. It will be completely removed.
Nahum 1:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
- New International Version (NIV)Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, on the mountains The feet of him who brings good tidings, Who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your appointed feasts, Perform your vows. For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; He is utterly cut off.
Context of Nahum 1:15
13But now I will break Nineveh’s yoke off of you and tear its chains from you. 14The Lord has given this command about you, Nineveh: You will no longer have descendants to carry on your name. I will remove the wooden and metal idols from the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave because you are worthless. There on the mountains are the feet of a messenger who announces the good news: “All is well!” Celebrate your festivals, Judah! Keep your vows! This wickedness will never pass your way again. It will be completely removed.
Read all of Nahum 1Nahum 1:15 word by word
הִנֵּ֨ה עַל־הֶהָרִ֜ים רַגְלֵ֤י מְבַשֵּׂר֙ מַשְׁמִ֣יעַ שָׁל֔וֹם חָגִּ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה חַגַּ֖יִךְ שַׁלְּמִ֣י נְדָרָ֑יִךְ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יוֹסִ֥יף ע֛וֹד לַֽעֲבָר בָּ֥ךְ בְּלִיַּ֖עַל כֻּלֹּ֥ה נִכְרָֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Behold upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- the feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- of him that bringeth good tidingsבָּשַׂרbâώar · to bear tidingsH1319
- that publishethשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: proclaimH8085
- peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
- O Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- keepחָגַגchâgag · to celebrateH2287
- thy solemn feastsחַגchag châg · feastH2282
- performשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
- thy vowsנֶ֫דֶרneder nêder · vowH5088
- for the wickedבְּלִיַּ֫עַלbelîya‛al · Belial: worthlessH1100
- shall no moreיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
- pass throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- thee; he is utterly cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
Commentaries on Nahum 1:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Behold upon the mountains - Borrowed probably from Isaiah 52:7, but applied here to the messengers who brought the good tidings of the destruction of Nineveh. Judah might then keep her solemn feasts, for the wicked Assyrian should pass through the land no more; being entirely cut off, and the imperial city razed to its foundations.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great deliverance for his own…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Nahum adds to his prophecy about Judah's freedom from bondage (Nahum 1:13) by predicting a messenger will bring news of peace (see also Isaiah 52:7). The peace message was that Assyria's control over Judah would end, freeing God's people from its burden. This happened during King Josiah's reign from 640 to 609 BC, after Assyrian King Ashurbanipal died in 626 BC. This political message hints at God's final victory over evil. It foretells the release from…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. This verse is joined in the Hebrew text to the second chapter. It is nearly the same as Is 52:7, referring to the similar deliverance from Babylon. him that bringeth good tidings--announcing the overthrow of Sennacherib and deliverance of Jerusalem. The "mountains" are those round Jerusalem, on which Sennacherib's host had so lately encamped, preventing Judah from keeping her "feasts," but on which messengers now speed to Jerusalem, publishing his…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nahum 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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