| Nahum
BOOK
: Nahum
Description
: A
Condemnation of Nineveh, the Assyrian capital at the time.
Author:
an unknown Nahum
Date
written : Somewhere between
663 (fall of Thebes) and 612 (fall
of Nineveh), possibly about 630BC
Chapters
: 3
Brief
Synopsis:
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Prophecies probably during the reign
of Josiah, all about the downfall
of Nineveh
Outline
:
Ch.1
Nineveh 's Judge
1:2-8
The Lord's Kindness and Sternness
1:9-15
Nineveh 's Overthrow and Judah 's Joy
Ch.2
Nineveh 's Judgment
2:1-10
Nineveh Besieged
2:11-13
Nineveh 's Desolation Contrasted with Her Former Glory
Ch.3
Nineveh's Total Destruction
3:1-4
Nineveh 's Sins
3:5-19
Nineveh 's Doom
Key
Verses :
A
very specific book
1:1
An
oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1:3
The
LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the
guilty unpunished.
Reference
to the surrounding water which will in fact be her downfall (see below)
1:7,8
The
LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust
in him, but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh
; he will pursue his foes into darkness.
3:8
Are
you better than Thebes, situated on the Nile, with water around her?
The river
was her defense, the waters her wall.
•
The book is all about Nineveh , its pride
and its power and its coming downfall.
•
If we may quote from our Bible Study notes
(see below): “Read Nahum as if it is a modern TV documentary. Because
it is highly prophetic, the prophet sees future things as if they are
the present. There are incredibly graphic and accurate descriptions
of what is going to happen to Nineveh.”
•
The interesting thing is the actual
historical downfall of Nineveh. We quote from those same Bible Study
notes:
“Assyria
had grown and in 705BC Nineveh was made its capital. It was a great
city with great walls but with the water of rivers surrounding and
protecting her. About 630BC Nahum prophesied these things. In 612
Nineveh was destroyed. How? The Medes, Persians and Scythians came
against it but the walls were too great for them. After a 3 month
siege heavy rains raised the river levels to such an extend they broke
into the city and the walls collapsed. Nineveh fell by an act of God
– just as He said!”
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