Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: “You will have no descendants to bear your name. I will destroy the images and idols that are in the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.” New Living Translation And this is what the LORD says concerning the Assyrians in Nineveh: “You will have no more children to carry on your name. I will destroy all the idols in the temples of your gods. I am preparing a grave for you because you are despicable!” English Standard Version The LORD has given commandment about you: “No more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the metal image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.” Berean Standard Bible The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.” King James Bible And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. New King James Version The LORD has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will dig your grave, For you are vile.” New American Standard Bible The LORD has issued a command concerning you: “Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will eliminate the carved image and the cast metal image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.” NASB 1995 The LORD has issued a command concerning you: “Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off idol and image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.” NASB 1977 The LORD has issued a command concerning you: “Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off idol and image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.” Legacy Standard Bible And Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “There will no longer be seed from your name. From the house of your gods, I will cut off graven image and molten image. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.” Amplified Bible The LORD has given a command concerning you [O king of Nineveh]: “Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off the carved idols and cast images From the temple of your gods; I will prepare your grave, For you are vile and unworthy.” Christian Standard Bible The LORD has issued an order concerning you: There will be no offspring to carry on your name. I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD has issued an order concerning you: There will be no offspring to carry on your name. I will eliminate the carved idol and cast image from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible. American Standard Version And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. Contemporary English Version Assyria, this is what else the LORD says to you: "Your name will be forgotten. I will destroy every idol in your temple, and I will send you to the grave, because you are worthless." English Revised Version And the LORD hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. GOD'S WORD® Translation The 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. Good News Translation This is what the LORD has decreed about the Assyrians: "They will have no descendants to carry on their name. I will destroy the idols that are in the temples of their gods. I am preparing a grave for the Assyrians--they don't deserve to live!" International Standard Version Now this is what the Lord has decreed about you, Nineveh: "There will be no more children born to carry on your name. I will cut out the graven and molten images from the temples of your gods. I myself will dig your grave, because you are vile." Majority Standard Bible The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.” NET Bible The LORD has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave--because you are accursed!" New Heart English Bible The LORD has commanded concerning you: "No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile." Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. World English Bible Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, I will cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd YHWH has commanded concerning you, "" “No more of your name spreads abroad, "" I cut off carved and molten image from the house of your gods, "" I appoint your grave, for you have been vile.” Young's Literal Translation And commanded concerning thee hath Jehovah, 'No more of thy name doth spread abroad, From the house of thy gods I cut off graven and molten image, I appoint thy grave, for thou hast been vile. Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah commanded concerning thee, of thy name no more shall be sown: from the house of thy God I will cut off the carved image and the molten image: I will set thy grave, for thou wert contemned. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing out of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art disgraced. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord will place a commandment over you; nothing more from your name will be sown. From the house of your God, I will order destroyed the graven image and the molten image. I will prepare your grave, because you are not honorable. New American Bible The LORD has commanded regarding you: no descendant will again bear your name; From the house of your gods I will abolish the carved and the molten image; I will make your grave a dung heap. New Revised Standard Version The LORD has commanded concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer; from the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the cast image. I will make your grave, for you are worthless.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the LORD will give a commandment concerning you: Your name shall no more be propagated from the house of your god; I will destroy the graven images and the molten images; I will make your grave hastily. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH shall command concerning you, and the house of your god will not be disseminated again from your name, and I shall destroy the carved images and the smelted ones, and I shall quickly make it your grave OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the LORD hath given commandment concerning thee, That no more of thy name be sown; Out of the house of thy god will I cut off The graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art become worthless. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord shall give a command concerning thee; there shall no more of thy name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven images out of the house of thy god, and the molten images: I will make thy grave; for they are swift. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Oracle of Nineveh…13For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” 14The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.” 15Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.… Cross References Isaiah 14:22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” Deuteronomy 25:19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget! Isaiah 37:38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. Jeremiah 50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds. Ezekiel 25:13 therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. Amos 1:11 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. Zephaniah 2:13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. Isaiah 10:12 So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. Jeremiah 51:62-64 and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’ / When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates. / Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah. Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” Luke 1:31-33 Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. / He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!” Acts 4:12 Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Romans 9:27-29 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.” Treasury of Scripture And the LORD has given a commandment concerning you, that no more of your name be sown: out of the house of your gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make your grave; for you are vile. given. Psalm 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. Isaiah 33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. that. Psalm 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Isaiah 14:20-22 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned… out. Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. Leviticus 26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. I will make. Nahum 3:4-6 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts… 2 Kings 19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. 2 Chronicles 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. for. 1 Samuel 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. Daniel 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. Jump to Previous Bear Command Commanded Commandment Cut Descendants Engraved Gods Grave Graven House Image Issued Longer Molten Nineveh Sown Vile WorthlessJump to Next Bear Command Commanded Commandment Cut Descendants Engraved Gods Grave Graven House Image Issued Longer Molten Nineveh Sown Vile WorthlessNahum 1 1. The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies.The LORD has issued a command This phrase underscores the sovereignty and authority of God. The Hebrew word for "command" (צִוָּה, tsavah) implies a definitive and authoritative decree. In the context of Nahum, this command is not merely a suggestion but a divine edict that will be fulfilled. Historically, this reflects the prophetic tradition where God's word is seen as powerful and unchangeable, emphasizing His control over nations and history. concerning you, O Nineveh There will be no more descendants to carry on your name I will prepare your grave for you are contemptible Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has issued a command וְצִוָּ֤ה (wə·ṣiw·wāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order concerning you, [O Nineveh]: עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against “There will be no לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no descendants יִזָּרַ֥ע (yiz·zā·ra‘) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify to carry on your name. מִשִּׁמְךָ֖ (miš·šim·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name I will cut off אַכְרִ֨ית (’aḵ·rîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the carved image פֶּ֧סֶל (pe·sel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6459: An idol, image and cast idol וּמַסֵּכָ֛ה (ū·mas·sê·ḵāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4541: A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet from the house מִבֵּ֨ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of your gods; אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative I will prepare אָשִׂ֥ים (’ā·śîm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set your grave, קִבְרֶ֖ךָ (qiḇ·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6913: A grave, sepulcher for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you are contemptible.” קַלּֽוֹתָ׃ (qal·lō·w·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling Links Nahum 1:14 NIVNahum 1:14 NLT Nahum 1:14 ESV Nahum 1:14 NASB Nahum 1:14 KJV Nahum 1:14 BibleApps.com Nahum 1:14 Biblia Paralela Nahum 1:14 Chinese Bible Nahum 1:14 French Bible Nahum 1:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Nahum 1:14 Yahweh has commanded concerning you: No more (Nah. 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