Matthew Poole Commentary - Nahum 1:7 - 1:7

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Nahum 1:7 - 1:7


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The Lord is good; though so terrible to his enemies, to obstinate sinners, yet he is as gentle, kind, and good to his people, to Israel; so the Chaldee paraphrast.



Is good; in his just severity he continueth to be good. None of that consuming anger comes from any want of goodness in God; yea, it is as much an effect of his goodness, as just punishments on incorrigible malefactors are the effects of goodness in a judge or magistrate. But here the prophet intends rather the kindness and grace of God towards his people, to whom he doth good, and will do more. Psa_73:1 119:68.



A strong hold; it might have been rendered, good to be a strong hold, as the Hebrew affix imports, and is sometimes rendered. Though Israel seems to be exposed to the violence of enemies, and to be without any munition or fortress, yet verily the Lord their God is for a defence and fortress to them, Psa_31:3 61:3 Pro_18:10, and is their strength also in that fortress.



In the day of trouble; at all times of affliction and danger, when outward pressures fill us with anguish and fears.



Knoweth; discerneth, approveth, owneth, and will make it appear that he doth preserve, that he may deliver his peculiar ones. He knows the wicked, and will restrain, rebuke, and destroy them; he knows the good, and will protect, rescue, and save them.



Them; whether you consider them in a body and community, or by themselves apart, or singly.



That trust; believe, depend, and wait on God, they that depend by faith, and wait with hope.



In him; on God, or on Christ, or on the word and promise of God. So God was to those that trusted in his word of promise in Hezekiah’s time.