那鴻書1:1-5

1:1 論尼尼微的默示，就是伊勒歌斯人那鴻所得的默示。

1:2 耶和華是忌邪施報的上帝。耶和華施報大有忿怒；向他的敵人施報，向他的仇敵懷怒。

1:3 耶和華不輕易發怒，大有能力，萬不以有罪的為無罪。他乘旋風和暴風而來，雲彩為他腳下的塵土。

1:4 他斥責海，使海乾了，使一切江河乾涸。巴珊和迦密的樹林衰殘；黎巴嫩的花草也衰殘了。

1:5 大山因他震動；小山也都消化。大地在他面前突起；世界和住在其間的也都如此。

An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;

the Lord is avenging and wrathful;

the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries

and keeps wrath for his enemies.

  The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,

and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.

His way is in whirlwind and storm,

and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

  He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;

he dries up all the rivers;

Bashan and Carmel wither;

the bloom of Lebanon withers.

  The mountains quake before him;

the hills melt;

the earth heaves before him,

the world and all who dwell in it.

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    先知慣用的手法，就是用上帝的大能可以震撼大地，來讓人注意上帝要對人宣告的話語，也讓人清楚上帝的威嚴和榮耀。但是上帝不僅是威嚴與榮耀，更重要是上帝的公義：「萬不以有罪的為無罪。」

    也因此人要脫離罪惡，才不會遭惹上帝的憤怒！然而人唯有靠耶穌基督的拯救，才可以脫離罪惡，成為上帝聖潔的兒女。