Nahum 1:1
Good News Translation
This is a message about Nineveh, the account of a vision seen by Nahum, who was from Elkosh.

New Revised Standard Version
An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

Contemporary English Version
I am Nahum from Elkosh. And this is the message that I wrote down about Nineveh.

New American Bible
Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elcesite.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elcesite.

burden.

Isaiah 13:1 The burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amos saw.

Isaiah 14:28 In the year that king Achaz died, was this burden:

Isaiah 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.

Isaiah 21:1 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land.

Isaiah 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Isaiah 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.

Jeremiah 23:33-37 If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the priest shall ask thee, saying: What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt say to them: You are the burden: for I will cast you away, saith the Lord. . . .

Zechariah 9:1 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and of Damascus the rest thereof: for the eye of man, and of all the tribes of Israel is the Lord's.

Nineveh.

Genesis 10:11 Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.

Jonah 3:3,4 Arise, and go to Ninive, the great city: and preach in it the preaching that I bid thee. . . .

Zephaniah 2:13 And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and will destroy Assyria: and he will make the beautiful city a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.

Context
The Oracle of Nineveh
1The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the Elcesite.2The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.…
Cross References
2 Kings 19:36
And Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, departing, went away, and he returned and abode in Ninive.

Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amos saw.

Isaiah 19:1
The burden of Egypt. Behold the Lord will ascend upon a swift cloud, and will enter into Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst thereof.

Jeremiah 23:33
If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the priest shall ask thee, saying: What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt say to them: You are the burden: for I will cast you away, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:34
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I will visit upon that man, and upon his house.

Jonah 1:2
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Nahum 2:8
And as for Ninive, her waters are like a great pool: but the men flee away. They cry: Stand, stand, but there is none that will return back.

Habakkuk 1:1
The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.

Zephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and will destroy Assyria: and he will make the beautiful city a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.

Zechariah 9:1
The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and of Damascus the rest thereof: for the eye of man, and of all the tribes of Israel is the Lord's.

Malachi 1:1
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.

Micah 7:20
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