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Verse 7. _THE LORD_ IS _GOOD_] In the midst of judgment he remembers
mercy; and among the most dreadful denunciations of wrath he mingles
promises of mercy. None that trust in him need be alarmed at t...
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THE LORD IS GOOD: A STRONGHOLD IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE - “Good and
doing good,” and full of sweetness; alike good and mighty; good in
giving Himself and imparting His goodness to His own; yea “none is
g...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Purpose of God in Dealing with the Assyrian Oppressor
_ 1. The superscription (Nahum 1:1) _
2. Jehovah's majesty in judgment (Nahum 1:2)
3. His people comfo...
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THE AVENGING WRATH OF YAHWEH. Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful God
sensitive to the honour of Himself and His people who marcheth through
whirlwind and storm to save them from the enemy. Before His pr...
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GOOD. See the Structure "7", above. Compare 1 Chronicles 16:34.Psalms
100:5.Jeremiah 33:11.Lamentations 3:25.
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_GOD IS SO POWERFUL THAT SINNERS CANNOT STAND BEFORE HIM -- NAHUM
1:6-9:_ Nahum asked, "Who can stand before His indignation? And who
can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out lik...
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DISCOURSE: 1219
GOD A REFUGE IN TIME OF TROUBLE
Nahum 1:7. _The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and
he knoweth them that trust in him_.
WHEN God interposed in a cloud between the c...
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THE LORD IS GOOD, &C.— _The Lord is good to him who trusts in him in
the day of trouble: he careth for those who confide in him._ This is
said very appositely by the prophet, prophesying against Ninev...
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THE COMING OF THE LORD OF JUDGEMENT. Nahum 1:2-8
RV. Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah taketh vengeance on
his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. Jehovah is
slow to ange...
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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 whic...
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1:7 trouble; (a-10) Or 'distress,' as Genesis 35:3 ....
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GOD'S VENGEANCE ON HIS PEOPLE'S ENEMIES. DELIVERANCE FOR JUDAH
1, 2. Superscription: 'Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the
vision of prophesying of Nahum the Elkoshite.' A. theological
introduct...
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NAHUM, *PROPHET OF COMFORT
NAHUM
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Comfort them; comfort my people, says the *LORD (Isaiah 40:1).
(‘Comfort’ means ‘stop them suffering and make them strong’.
‘*LORD’ is a speci...
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(2-8) God’s character a pledge that the oppressor of His servants
shall be destroyed....
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טֹ֣וב יְהוָ֔ה לְ מָעֹ֖וז בְּ יֹ֣ום
צָרָ֑ה
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THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD
Nahum 1:1
THE prophet Nahum, as we have seen, arose probably in Judah, if not
about the same time as Zephaniah and Jeremiah, then a few years later.
Whether he prophesied be...
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GOD'S GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUS ANGER
Nahum 1:1-15
The native city of Nahum was Elkosh, near the Lake of Galilee. The
name Capernaum means literally “the village of Nahum.” He lived
about 150 years afte...
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The prophet preceded the announcement of a verdict of vengeance by a
section dealing wholly with Jehovah Himself. As to His character, He
is a God of vengeance, and yet the central fact of His nature...
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The LORD [is] good, (h) a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he
knoweth them that trust in him.
(h) Lest the faithful should be discouraged by hearing the power of
God, he shows them that his mer...
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The Prophet opens his sermon with the most striking text, such as the
Lord himself opened his sermon with, when he preached before Moses.
See Exodus 34:1. It were to weaken the words of this solemn an...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Singular was the reproach of the Jews in the time of our Lord (John
7:52); for there were prophets who had arisen out of Galilee. Jonah
and Nahum were both G...
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The Prophet expresses more clearly here what we referred to in our
last lecture, — that God is hard and severe toward refractory men,
and that he is merciful and kind to the teachable and the obedient...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, AND 3.
If we were to examine closely the different characters of the nations
who have been connected with the people of God, we should perhaps find
in e...
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THE LORD [IS] GOOD,.... To Israel, as the Targum adds; to Hezekiah and
his, people, that betook themselves to him, and put their trust in
him; whom he defended and preserved from the king of Assyria,...
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The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he
knoweth them that trust in him.
Ver. 7. _The Lord is good_] To Israel (though terrible to the
Assyrians, as hath been plainly and plent...
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_The Lord is good_ But though God is thus terrible in his power, yet
he is merciful, gracious, and beneficent in his nature, and is a sure
refuge and protection to those who worship and serve him sinc...
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The Lord is good, even in the midst of His judgments, A STRONGHOLD IN
THE DAY OF TROUBLE, a refuge when distress and misery come upon the
believers; AND HE KNOWETH THEM THAT TRUST IN HIM, He has that...
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THE DIVINE COUNSEL CONCERNING THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH.
God, who is at the same time the God of the covenant and the almighty
Sovereign of the universe, states that He has fully decided to bring
abo...
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STRONG HOLD:
Or, strength...
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1-8 About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevites
repented, and were spared, yet, soon after, they became worse than
ever. Nineveh knows not that God who contends with her, but is...
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THE LORD IS GOOD; though so terrible to his enemies, to obstinate
sinners, yet he is as gentle, kind, and good to his people, to Israel;
so the Chaldee paraphrast. IS GOOD; in his just severity he con...
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Nahum 1:7 LORD H3068 good H2896 stronghold H4581 day H3117 trouble
H6869 knows H3045 (H8802) trust H2620 ...
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THE MIGHT AND CHARACTER OF GOD (NAHUM 1:2).
The prophecy begins with an awesome and magnificent picture of the
might and character of God.
Nahum 1:2
‘YHWH is a jealous God and avenges. YHWH avenges...
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HE KNOWETH THEM THAT TRUST
(Psalms 1:6); (2 Timothy 2:19).
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's holiness and power. Nineveh's destruction
forecasted.
CHARACTERS: God, Nahum.
CONCLUSION: The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against His
enemies, and His favor and mercy ar...
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Nahum 1:1. _The burden of Nineveh Nahum the Elkoshite._ This refers to
a village of Galilee, the native place of Nahum, who in point of
talent was among the first of the Hebrew prophets. Yet nothing o...
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_He knoweth them that trust in Him; but with an overrunning flood He
will make an utter end of the place thereof._
OPPOSITE TYPES OF HUMAN CHARACTER, AND OPPOSITE LINES OF DIVINE
PROCEDURE
I. Opposi...
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_The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble._
GOODNESS A STRONGHOLD
The great design of religion is to bring us to God and true
blessedness. In order to this, there must be full and practic...
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:2 A Psalm Descriptively Praising the Lord.
These verses praise God as he has been and will be throughout world
history. It presents God’s attitude toward, and action relating to,...
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:7 In contrast to his anger, God is GOOD to his
people. The Lord is the never-failing STRONGHOLD for his people (e.g.,
Psalms 27:1
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EXPOSITION
NAHUM 1:1
Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH DECREED BY GOD.
NAHUM 1:1
§ 1. _The heading of the book. _The book has a double ti
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Tonight, let's turn now to the book of Nahum. Again, just three
Chapter s long and they're even short Chapter s. So, we should have a
relatively short Bible study tonight in Nahum.
He introduces the s...
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1 Chronicles 16:34; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 John 4:8; 2 Chronicles 16:8;...
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Knoweth — He approves, owns, and preserves them....