BURDEN. Compare Isaiah 13:1 Isaiah 27:13. See the Structure, p. 930), and Habakkuk.. A prophetic oracle: or, the prophetic doom of Nineveh, written about ninety (603-514. B.C.) years before Nineveh's doom; and while the Assyrian Empire was at its height. The doom of Nineveh came therefore 176 years... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. JEALOUS. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 4:24). App-92. See the Structure (book comments for Nahum), and note the subjects of "A" and "A"; "B" and "B"; "C" and "C". THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for great... [ Continue Reading ]
SLOW TO ANGER. long-suffering. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. Nah 34:6, Nah 34:7). App-92. Hebrew "Long of anger". The opposite of Proverbs 14:17. Compare Jonah 4:2. GREAT. Compare Job 9:4. and see the Structure "-3-5", above. WILL NOT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18). ACQU... [ Continue Reading ]
HE REBUKETH THE SEA. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14.) Compare Psalms 106:9. AND DRIETH UP, &C. Compare Joshua 4:23.Psalms 74:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MOUNTAINS QUAKE, &C. Compare Micah 1:3; Micah 1:4. BURNED. upheaved. WORLD. Hebrew. _tebel_. the world as inhabited.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABIDE. stand up. Compare Jeremiah 10:10; Malachi 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD. See the Structure "7", above. Compare 1 Chronicles 16:34.Psalms 100:5.Jeremiah 33:11.Lamentations 3:25. STRONG HOLD. a place of safety. HE KNOWETH, &C. Compare Psalms 1:6; 2 Timothy 2:12. TRUST IN. flee for refuge to. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT, &C. Note the transition in Nahum 1:8, which is explained by the Structure "8", above. THE PLACE THEREOF. Hebrew her place: i.e. Nineveh's. See note on title above (Nahum 1:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGINE. devise. Compare Psalms 2:1. AFFLICTION. distress, or trouble; Hebrew. _zarar_, as in Nahum 1:7, i.e. the trouble that now threatens Nineveh. THE SECOND TIME. Referring to the rising up after Jonah's proclamation. Compare "rise", Jeremiah 51:64. Same word as "abide", Nahum 1:6, above.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOLDEN. entangled. THORNS. The emblem of hostile armies (Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 27:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. Genitive of Origin. App-17. THEE: i.e. Nineveh (feminine) EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a_. App-44. A WICKED COUNSELLOR. a counselor of Belial. The counsellor probably. Rabshakeh; and Belial. Sennacherib. See note on p. 1261.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUIET. secure. CUT DOWN. cut down (like dry stubble). WHEN HE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:12). Compare Isaiah 8:8; Daniel 11:10. -12 THOUGH, &C. = And [now,. Judah], &c. Through not seeing the Structure and the change of subject at "-12-14", modern critics say "the first part of this... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. BREAK, &C. Reference to Pant. (Genesis 27:40). App-92. HIS YOKE. Some codices read "his rod".... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Compare Isaiah 37:37; Isaiah 37:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis, calling attention to the reference to Isaiah 52:7, the the hypotheticalsecond Isaiah, 100 years before he is supposed by modern critics to have lived. KEEP THY SOLEMN FEASTS. Figure of speech. _Polyptoton._ App-6. Hebrew "feast thy solemn... [ Continue Reading ]