The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH - the prophetic doom [ masaa' (H4853)] of Nineveh. Nahum prophesied against that city 150 years after Jonah. THE VISION. There are three Hebrew titles of a prophet- (1) Naabiy' (H5030), the prophet, st... [ Continue Reading ]
God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. JEALOUS. In this there is sternness, yet tender affection. We are jealous only of those we love: a husband of a wife; a king of his... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. THE LORD IS SLOW TO ANGER, AND GREAT IN POWER - i:e., He is slow indeed to anger, but great in power, so as to b... [ Continue Reading ]
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. HE REBUKETH THE SEA - as Jesus did (, "Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there HE REBUKETH THE SEA - as Jesus did (, "Then he arose, an... [ Continue Reading ]
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. THE EARTH IS BURNED - so Grotius. Rather, 'lifts itself,' i:e., heaveth (Maurer), [ watisaa' (H5375), from naasa', to lift up one's self], as the Hebrew is translat... [ Continue Reading ]
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. HIS FURY IS POURED OUT LIKE FIRE - like the liquid fire poured out of volcanoes in all directions (see ). AND THE ROCKS ARE THROWN DOW... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. THE LORD IS GOOD, A STRONG HOLD IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE. Here Nahum enters on his special subject, for which the previous verses have prepared the way-namely, to assure his people of safety in Yahweh under t... [ Continue Reading ]
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. BUT - contrasting the safety of those, like Hezekiah, who "trust" in God (Nahum 1:7), with the "utter end" to which the ungodly foe, like Sennacherib, is doomed. WITH AN OVERRUNN... [ Continue Reading ]
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. WHAT DO YE IMAGINE AGAINST THE LORD? Abrupt address to the Assyrians. How mad is your attempt, O Assyrians, to resist so powerful a God! What can ye do against such an adversary, success... [ Continue Reading ]
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. FOR WHILE THEY BE FOLDEN TOGETHER AS THORNS, [ `ad (H5704)] - literally, 'to the same degree as thorns' (cf. margin, 1 Chronicles 4:27). As thorns, so folded together... [ Continue Reading ]
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. THERE IS ONE COME OUT OF THEE, THAT IMAGINETH EVIL AGAINST THE LORD - the cause of Nineveh's overthrow; Sennacherib's plots against Judah. OUT OF THEE - O Nineveh. From thyself shall arise the source of t... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THUS SAITH THE LORD. The same truths repeated as in Nahum 1:9, Yahweh here being the speaker. He addresses Judah,... [ Continue Reading ]