Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Nahum 1:14
Thee — Thee, Sennacherib, and the whole kingdom of Assyria. Be sown — None shall bear thy name, and title; but thy kingdom shall be swallowed up.
Thee — Thee, Sennacherib, and the whole kingdom of Assyria. Be sown — None shall bear thy name, and title; but thy kingdom shall be swallowed up.
Verse Nahum 1:14. _NO MORE OF THY NAME BE SOWN_] No more of you shall be carried away into _captivity_. _I WILL MAKE THY GRAVE; FOR THOU ART VILE_] I think this is an address to the Assyrians, and e...
AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN A COMMANDMENT CONCERNING THEE, O ASSYRIAN - In the word “I have afflicted thee,” the land of Israel is addressed, as usual in Hebrew, in the feminine; here, a change of gender...
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...
NAHUM 1:11; NAHUM 1:14; NAHUM 2:1; NAHUM 2:3. THE FALL OF NINEVEH. Nahum 1:11.
NO MORE OF THY NAME, &C.: i.e. the dynasty of Nineveh should end. MAKE. make [it]: i.e. "the house of thy gods". GRAVE. sepulchre. Hebrew. _keber_. See note on Genesis 23:4. App-35. VILE. despicable...
_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...
AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN, &C.— _And this is the decree of the Lord concerning thee: there shall hereafter be no seed of thy name. I will take away the graven image from the house of thy god, and I will...
DESTRUCTION OF FALSE GODS AND VILE MEN. Nahum 1:14-15 RV. And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown; out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven i...
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...
1:14 thee, (f-7) i.e. the Assyrian, 'the wicked one,' ch. 1.15....
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...
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...
(9-15) The first revelation of God’s judgment, by the awful overthrow of Sennacherib’s invading army in the reign of Hezekiah....
AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN. — Sudden changes of person are a common feature in Hebrew poetry. The denunciation of the Assyrian here passes from the third to the second person. Sennacherib is told that th...
וְ צִוָּ֤ה עָלֶ֨יךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה לֹֽא ־יִזָּרַ֥ע...
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...
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...
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...
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be (o) sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave;...
_Commandment. That is, a decree concerning thee, O king of Ninive, thy seed shall fail, &c. (Challoner) --- His son Asarhaddon succeeded; but soon the line was extinct. (Worthington) --- No alarm shal...
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...
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...
Nahum explains more clearly, and without a figure, what he had previously said of darkness, — that the kingdom of Nineveh would be so overturned, that it could never recruit its strength and return ag...
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...
AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN A COMMANDMENT CONCERNING THEE,.... This is directed to Sennacherib king of Assyria, as the Targum expresses it; and so Jarchi and Kimchi; and signifies the decree of God concer...
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for...
_And the Lord hath given a commandment_ God hath determined, _concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown_ The meaning of this seems to be, God had decreed that Sennacherib's family should not l...
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...
And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee that no more of thy name be sown, that the dynasty of the Assyrian kings should become extinct; OUT OF THE HOUSE OF THY GODS WILL I CUT OFF THE GR...
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...
OLBGrk; THE LORD, God of Israel, against whom thou imaginest evil, hath given a commandment; determined with himself, and given charge to the Medes, which in due season they will observe, and, with as...
Nahum 1:14 LORD H3068 command H6680 (H8765) name H8034 perpetuated H2232 (H8735) house H1004 gods H430 off...
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...
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...
_There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor._ CORRUPT KINGS These words suggest a few thoughts concerning human kings and kingdoms. I. Human kings are...
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...
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:14 YOU is masculine singular in Hebrew. Nahum suddenly switches to directly addressing the Assyrian king(s) (see v. Nahum 1:11). The Assyrian monarchy would com
CRITICAL NOTES.] Nahum 1:12.] Repeat the truths of Nahum 1:9. Good to Judah, and evil to Assyria, predicted. QUIET] In tranquil security; or _complete_ with unbroken ranks and number, with everything...
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
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...
1 Samuel 3:13; 2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 19:37; Daniel 11:21;...