KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Nahum 1:14
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB 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.”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Nahum 1
11 There is [one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counseller.
12 Thus saith the LORD; Though [they be] quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14 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.
15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְצִוָּ֤הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandעָלֶ֙יךָ֙H5921 · aluponיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִזָּרַ֥עH2232 · za.rato sowמִשִּׁמְךָ֖H8034 · shemnameע֑וֹדH5750 · odstillמִבֵּ֨יתH1004 · betplaceאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodאַכְרִ֨יתH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutפֶּ֧סֶלH6459 · pe.selidolוּמַסֵּכָ֛הH4541 · mas.se.khahliquidאָשִׂ֥יםH7760 · sumto set: makeקִבְרֶ֖ךָH6913 · qe.vergraveכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforקַלּֽוֹתָ׃ פH7043 · qa.lalto lighten
Cross-references
Psalm 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.Micah 5:13Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.Isaiah 46:1-2Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.Ezekiel 32:22-23Asshur [is] there and all her company: his graves [are] about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:2 Kings 19:37And 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.Psalm 71:3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.Jeremiah 50:2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, [and] conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.Isaiah 14:20-22Thou 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.Nahum 3:4-6Because 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.Exodus 12:12For 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.1 Samuel 3:13For 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 11:21And 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.Isaiah 19:1The 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.Leviticus 26:30And 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.2 Chronicles 32:21And 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.Isaiah 33:13Hear, ye [that are] far off, what I have done; and, ye [that are] near, acknowledge my might.
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