Nahum 1:3

  • Cease Fire

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked.  Nahum 1:3  KJV   Not at all acquit – The KJV choses to translate doubled verb wenāqqeh yenāqqeh in the legal negative sense (“acquit”) but the verb is usually translated in the positive “leave unpunished.”  In addition, as you can see in the Hebrew, the phrase uses the…

  • Term Limits

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.  Nahum 1:3 Unpunished – What does compassion have to do with punishment?  What does mercy have to do with judgment?  Nahum tells us that these are related.  With God, one comes with the other. …