Nahum 1:1-2

God is a jealous God -- Nahum 1:1-2: God is pictured both as a jealous God and as an avenger against wrong doers. "God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies." (Nahum 1:2) God is jealous for honor and glory, and for worship and for His statute to be carried out. He will not give His glory to another, nor allow His praise to be given to graven images. He is jealous for His people, and cannot bear to see them injured. The Lord is a jealous God and avenging; the Lord avenges and He is full of wrath against the disobedient. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries and reserves wrath for His enemies. God withholds His wrath for a while but does not forget the wrong done to Him or to His people.