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Verse Nahum 1:10. _WHILE_ THEY BE _FOLDEN TOGETHER_] However united
their counsels may be, they shall be as _drunken men_-perplexed and
unsteady in all their resolutions; and before God's judgments th...
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FOR WHILE THEY BE LEIDEN TOGETHER AS THORNS - that is, as confused,
intertwined, sharp, piercing, hard to be touched, rending and tearing
whosoever would interfere with its tangled ways, and seemingly...
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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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FOLDEN. entangled.
THORNS. The emblem of hostile armies (Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 27:4)....
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_GOD IS A GOD THAT EXPECTS US TO KEEP OUR PROMISES -- NAHUM 1:10-15:_
During the days of Jonah the people of Nineveh promised to leave sin
and serve God. They did not keep their promises and the pay w...
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FOR WHILE THEY BE FOLDEN, &C.— _For they who sit round their cups,
and are drunken as drunkards, shall be,_ &c. Houbigant. Diodorus
relates, that while all the Assyrian army were feasting for their
fo...
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THE UTTER ANNIHILATION OF NINEVEH!
Nahum 1:9-13
RV. What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end;
affliction shall not rise up the second time. For entangled like
thorns, and drunken as...
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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)] -
lite...
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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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(9-15) The first revelation of God’s judgment, by the awful
overthrow of Sennacherib’s invading army in the reign of Hezekiah....
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FOR WHILE. — Better, _For they shall be even as bundles of thorn
fagots, and even while steeped in their drink they shall be burnt up
like stubble fully dry._ Dry thorn cuttings were commonly used as...
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כִּ֚י עַד ־סִירִ֣ים סְבֻכִ֔ים וּ כְ
סָבְאָ֖ם
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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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For while [they be] folden together [as] (l) thorns, and while they
are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully
dry.
(l) Though the Assyrians think themselves like thorns that...
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_Dry. The Assyrians, feasting in the hopes that they would speedily
become masters of Jerusalem, were cut off in one night. (Worthington)
--- God's enemies cannot escape; as when a thorn bush has take...
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It is very evident that the Prophet's whole discourse is directed to
warn the Ninevites, who thought of destroying Israel, that they should
thereby only hasten their own destruction. And the event in...
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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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He goes on with this same subject, — that Gods when he pleases to
exercise his power, can, with no difficulty, consume his enemies: for
the similitude, which is here added, means this, — that nothing...
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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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FOR WHILE [THEY BE] FOLDEN TOGETHER [AS] THORNS,.... Like them,
useless and unprofitable, harmful and pernicious, fit only for
burning, and, being bundled together, are prepared for it; and which
is n...
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For while [they be] folden together [as] thorns, and while they are
drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
Ver. 10. _For while they be folden together as thorns_] And so...
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_What do ye imagine against the Lord?_ Having declared the
dreadfulness of God's power and anger against the wicked, his goodness
toward his people, and denounced future destruction against the
Ninevi...
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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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For while, or though, THEY BE FOLDEN TOGETHER AS THORNS, braided
together or entangled, AND WHILE THEY ARE DRUNKEN AS DRUNKARDS, though
they are drowned in their carousing, in their wine, so that it m...
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9-15 There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of
hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain.
With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or o...
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This gives us account how this desolation shall be effected. WHILE
THEY BE FOLDED TOGETHER AS THORNS; they should be like thorns easily
burnt, and like thorns folden together, which burn together, and...
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Nahum 1:10 tangled H5440 (H8803) thorns H5518 drunken H5433 (H8803)
drunkards H5435 devoured H398 (H8795) stubble...
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GOD'S PURPOSE TOWARDS NINEVEH (NAHUM 1:9 A).
God purposes to destroy Nineveh once and for all.
Nahum 1:9
‘What do you imagine against YHWH? He will make a full end.
Affliction will not rise up the...
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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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_What do ye imagine against the Lord?_
SIN
I. The essence of sin is suggested. It is hostility to God. It is
opposition to the laws, purposes, Spirit of God. It involves--
1. The basest of ingratit...
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:9 The Lord’s Coming Judgment on Nineveh and
Deliverance of Judah. In these verses Nahum alternates between the
Lord’s coming judgment on Nineveh and his gracious deliverance of
J...
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NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:10 ENTANGLED THORNS can be thrown all at once
into the fire, just as the Assyrians as a whole will be wiped out.
LIKE DRUNKARDS, the Assyrians will be unable to defend themselves...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Nahum 1:9.] The city must be destroyed and its inhabitants perish.
IMAGINE] By means of defence to ward off danger. SECOND] time from
Assyria (cf. Isaiah 51:17; 2 Samuel 20:10)....
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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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As thorns — They shall be like thorns easily burnt, and like thorns
folded together which burn together, and help to destroy each other.
As drunkards — As men drunken, and unable to help themselves, s...