Nahum 1:15 (WEB)
Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
Fathers and councils · 6
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.23Conference XXI
“Moreover we should strive that this warning of the prophetic exhortation may not be uttered against us to no purpose: “Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, and pay thy vows.”” — editor's note: Nah. i. 15
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…be learned, but the sacred voice of the prophet foretold, crying; ‘Behold upon the mountains the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings, and publisheth peace;’ and what is the message he published, but that which he goes on to say to them, ‘Keep thy feasts, O Judah; pay to the Lord thy vows.” — editor's note: Nah. i. 15.
Read the whole comment“And the prophet cries; ‘Keep thy feasts, O Judah.’” — editor's note: Numb. ix. 2; Ps. lxxxi. 3; Nah. i. 15
Read the whole comment“For that God who brought Israel out of Egypt, even He at this time calls us to the feast, saying by Moses, ‘Observe the month of new fruits, and keep the Passover to the Lord thy God:’ and by the prophet, ‘Keep thy feasts, O Judah; pay to the Lord thy vows.’” — editor's note: Nahum i. 15.
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Jerome
“Nahum, the consoler of the world, rebukes “the bloody city” and when it is overthrown cries:—“Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings.”” — editor's note: Nahum i. 15.
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Tertullian
“So one of the twelve (minor prophets), Nahum: “For behold upon the mountain the swift feet of Him that bringeth glad tidings of peace.”” — editor's note: Nahum i. 15.
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Cross-references · 2
Parallel passages
Isaiah 52:7 and Nahum 1:15 share the same wording (16 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.23.