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Verse Nahum 1:13. _NOW WILL I BREAK HIS YOKE FROM OFF THEE_] This
refers to the tribute which the Jews were obliged to pay to the
Assyrians, 2 Kings 17:14....
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FOR NOW WILL I BREAK HIS YOKE FROM OFF THEE - God, lest His own should
despair, does not put them off altogether to a distant day, but saith,
now. Historically, the beginning of the fall is the earnes...
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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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WILL. BREAK, &C. Reference to Pant. (Genesis 27:40). App-92.
HIS YOKE. Some codices read "his rod"....
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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 NOW WILL I BREAK HIS YOKE, &C.— _I am about to break the yoke
which thou didst impose, and to burst the bonds which thou didst
bind._ The prophet addresses himself to the king of the Assyrians, as...
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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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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...
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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
introduc...
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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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וְ עַתָּ֕ה אֶשְׁבֹּ֥ר מֹטֵ֖הוּ מֵֽ
עָלָ֑יִךְ וּ מֹוסְרֹתַ֖יִךְ
אֲנַתֵּֽק׃...
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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 aft...
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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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_Asunder. Ezechias was tributary to Assyria, 4 Kings xviii. 14. After
the fall of Ninive, its yoke was removed. (Calmet)_...
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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...
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He confirms what the former verse contains, — that God would now
cease from his rigor; for he says, that the deliverance of this chosen
people was nigh, when God would break down and reduce to 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 NOW WILL I BREAK HIS YOKE FROM OFF THEE,.... The Assyrian yoke
from off the Jews, who had been obliged to pay tribute, or send
presents to the king of Assyria, from the times of Ahaz; and were in...
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For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds
in sunder.
Ver. 13. _For now will I break his yoke from off thee_] Lest the
promised deliverance should be any whit doubted, the...
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_There is one come out of thee_ Or, _one hath gone forth of thee._
This is probably meant of Sennacherib, who uttered so many reproaches
and blasphemies against the true God, one of whose royal seats...
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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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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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The Lord confirms the prediction, by declaring how it should be done.
NOW; ere long; and in few years after this was done, though we cannot
precisely determine how soon it was. I WILL BREAK, as that w...
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Nahum 1:13 off H7665 (H8799) yoke H4132 burst H5423 bonds H4147 apart
H5423 (H8762)
will I - Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:27, Isaiah 14:25; Jeremiah 2:20; Micah
5:5-6
will burst -...
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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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_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...
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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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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 everythin...
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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 title, the
first giving the object of the prophecy, which othe...
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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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Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 9:4; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 5:5;
Micah 5:5; Micah 5:6; Psalms 107:14...