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God is jealous and the Lord avenges - Rather (as the English margin notes) God “very jealous and avenging is the Lord.” The Name of God,

God’s character: a pledge that the oppressor of His servants shall be destroyed.

Nahum begins with the nature of God, so that what he subsequently adds concerning the destruction of Nineveh might be more significant and produce …

God [is] jealous, and the Lord revenges
He is jealous of his own honour and glory, and for his own worship and ordin…

About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevites repented and were spared; yet, soon after, they became worse than ever. Nineveh d…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes