Nahum 1:1-3:19

Introduction

• Nahum means “consolation.”

  • The only consolation we read about in the book is that Assyria would no longer bother Judah.

• Doom was at hand for Assyria. Ninevah had repented 150 years earlier after Jonah’s prophecy, but not was in terrible condition.

• The book was written between 663 and 612 B.C., between the fall of Egypt and the fall of Assyria.

• Nahum was contemporary with Jeremiah, Zephaniah, and Habakkuk.

Nahum 1

• Nahum 1:3-5 – God is over all things.

• God’s judgments are always right and there will be no one who can stand against them.

Nahum 2

• Facing God in judgment, Ninevah is doomed.

• Nahum 2:4, 6-9 – The severity of the battle.

• Nahum 2:11-13 – Ninevah’s great lions (rulers) would now meet their doom.

Nahum 3

• Woe to the bloody city! Ninevah had shed much blood.

• Nahum 3:4 – This is probably referring to spiritual adultery – idolatry.

• Nahum 3:5 – Ninevah’s nakedness would be exposed.

• Nahum 3:7 – Ninevah’s destruction would be seen by all.

• Nahum 3:8 – Ninevah’s destruction compared to that of Thebes (No-amon).

• Nahum 3:18 – The leaders of Ninevah would slumber in dust.

• Nahum 3:19 – Ninveah’s destruction would be complete and all would rejoice over their destruction.

Lessons for us:

• The Lord is slow to anger and good to those who repent before Him.

Next up: Habakkuk