1:6 他發忿恨，誰能立得住呢？他發烈怒，誰能當得起呢？他的忿怒如火傾倒；磐石因他崩裂。
1:7 耶和華本為善，在患難的日子為人的保障，並且認得那些投靠他的人。
1:8 但他必以漲溢的洪水淹沒尼尼微，又驅逐仇敵進入黑暗。
1:9 尼尼微人哪，設何謀攻擊耶和華呢？他必將你們滅絕淨盡；災難不再興起。
1:10 你們像叢雜的荊棘，像喝醉了的人，又如枯乾的碎秸全然燒滅。
1:11 有一人從你那裡出來，圖謀邪惡，設惡計攻擊耶和華。
Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and the rocks are broken into pieces by
him.
The
Lord is good,
a stronghold in the day of trouble;
he knows those who take refuge in him.
But
with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the
adversaries,
and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
What do you plot against the Lord?
He will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.
For
they are like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
From you came one
who plotted evil against the Lord,
a worthless counselor.
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這是對尼尼微人發出的警告，因為尼尼微是亞述帝國的首都。亞述帝國不僅滅了以色列國，更是猶大國第一大的敵國，對猶大的存亡有很大的威脅。所以先知那鴻發預言攻擊尼尼微人。
當然先知那鴻也安慰上帝的子民，告訴他們：「耶和華本為善，在患難的日子為人的保障，並且認得那些投靠他的人！」
上帝必保守猶大國的人民，必大大攻擊尼尼微人，因為上帝是大能的上帝，「他發忿恨，誰能立得住呢？他發烈怒，誰能當得起呢？他的忿怒如火傾倒；磐石因他崩裂」。
所以，我們要勇敢來倚靠上帝的大能大力，祂樂意施恩保護他的子民！
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