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THE LORD IS SLOW TO ANGER - Nahum takes up the words of Jonah Jonah
4:2 as he spoke of God’s attributes toward Nineveh, but only to show
the opposite side of them. Jonah declares how God is “slow to
a...
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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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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...
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_GOD IS A PATIENT GOD BUT THERE IS A LIMIT TO HIS PATIENCE -- NAHUM
1:3-5:_ "The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at
all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way in the whirlwind...
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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 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 S...
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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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HE IS SLOW TO ANGER, and GREAT IN POWER, yet He will not absolve the
guilty, etc.
THE LORD _hath_ HIS WAY] 'The meaning is not so much that Jehovah uses
the whirlwind and storm as the vehicle of His m...
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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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AND GREAT IN POWER. — Better, _but great in power._ Jehovah’s
forbearance is not attributable to weakness. To vindicate His power,
Nahum, after the manner of other Hebrew poets and prophets, reverts t...
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יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֨יִם֙
_וּ_†_גְדָל_† ־כֹּ֔חַ וְ...
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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 (f) 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.
(f) T...
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Cleanse. Literally, cleansing, he will not make innocent." (Haydock)
--- The same expression is rendered, No man of himself is innocent
before thee, Exodus xxxiv. 7. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the inno...
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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 goes on with the same subject; and still longer is the
preface respecting the nature of God, which however is to be applied,
as I have said, to the special objects which hereafter he will...
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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] SLOW TO ANGER,.... He is not in haste to execute it; he
takes time for it, and gives men space for repentance. Nineveh had had
a proof of this when it repented at the preaching of Jonah,...
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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.
Ver. 3. _...
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_God is jealous_ For his own glory; _and the Lord revengeth _ Or
rather, _avengeth_, namely, the cause, or ill treatment, of his
people, as being the Supreme Governor, who, by office, is bound to
deli...
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The Lord is slow to anger, long-suffering and patient over against
wickedness of long standing, AND GREAT IN POWER, His almighty strength
becoming evident when He does strike, AND WILL NOT AT ALL ACQU...
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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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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 SLOW TO ANGER; not slack, as some count slackness, 2 PETER
3:9, either in performing promise, or executing threats; but very
wisely patient and long-suffering, which is ever tempered with...
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Nahum 1:3 LORD H3068 slow H750 anger H639 great H1419 power H3581 all
H5352 (H8763) acquit H5352 ...
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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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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 rebuketh the sea._
GOD’S POWER
Here is a description of God’s power unrivalled in its sublimity and
soul-stirring force. Power belongeth unto God. It is absolute,
inexhaustible, ever and everywh...
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_The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and win not at all
acquit the wicked._
MERCY, OMNIPOTENCE, AND JUSTICE
Works of art require some education in the beholder before they can be
thoroughl...
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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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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 Kings 19:11; Daniel 7:13; Deuteronomy 5:22; Ephesians 1:19;...
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Hath his way — The methods of his providence. The whirlwind —
Which beareth before it all things that stand in its way. The dust of
his feet — Though he be surrounded with darkness, yet as an army
afa...