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Nahum 1:7

那鸿书 1:7

The Passage

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

In the other language

耶和华本为善，在患难的日子为人的保障，并且认得那些投靠他的人。

Theme

God is good

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Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

A stronghold is a place of shelter when trouble is real. This verse does not offer a strategy for workplace pressure; it names the Lord's goodness and the refuge found in him. It also speaks of being known, something easily lost when you feel reduced to your output, your availability, or your latest mistake. Taking refuge need not mean abandoning your responsibilities. It can mean bringing your fear into prayer without first making it respectable or manageable. You can acknowledge what is difficult rather than carrying it behind a capable appearance. This verse offers no workplace strategy. Is there a worry about work that you could bring to God as someone known and welcomed into his refuge?

Carry thisTaking refuge leaves room for honesty about what is hard.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Nahum names goodness, refuge, and being known in the middle of trouble. This verse does not directly teach you how to love someone, but it offers a place to bring the fear that can make love defensive. You may notice how quickly a difficult conversation becomes a search for protection: explaining yourself, withdrawing, or trying to win. The passage invites you to consider refuge in God rather than making the other person responsible for your whole sense of safety. That is not permission to ignore harm or abandon boundaries. It is room to notice what you bring into the relationship. Where does your need for protection make listening difficult?

Carry thisLove and honest boundaries can belong together.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

What you need to let go of in the coming weeks is not named here. Instead, you are offered an image of God as a stronghold in trouble. A refuge does not require you to pretend that everything is fine. You can bring your strain, your uncertainty, and your reluctance to release what feels protective. Being known by God may give you room to notice what you are holding without judging yourself for holding it. There is no need to force a decision from this verse; you can simply rest with its assurance of goodness. A stronghold offers shelter: what burden might you begin to loosen while resting in God's care?

Carry thisTaking refuge is not the same as failing.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Stillness can feel far away when your attention is pulled in several directions, and this passage does not tell you how to arrange a busy day. It offers you something quieter than a plan: the goodness of God, a place of refuge in trouble, and the assurance that you are known when you turn toward him. You might pause with the words “a stronghold,” letting them make room for one unhurried breath without requiring your responsibilities or your worries to disappear. Nahum names God as good and as a refuge; what would it be like to rest in that goodness for a moment today?

Carry thisRefuge does not require a day without trouble.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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Nahum 1 — in context

1An oracle about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

2The LORD is a jealous God and avenges. The LORD avenges and is full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

3The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

8But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

9What do you plot against the LORD? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.

10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

11There is one gone out of you, who devises evil against the LORD, who counsels wickedness.

12Thus says the LORD: “Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

13Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

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