Nahum is a prophetic book that focuses on the impending judgment and downfall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Through vivid and poetic language, Nahum portrays God's power and justice, emphasizing that He will not leave the guilty unpunished. The book reassures the oppressed that divine justice will ultimately prevail. Readers can reflect on themes of God's sovereignty, the consequences of wickedness, and the hope for deliverance for those who trust in God's righteousness.
1. The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.2. God is jealous, and the LORD revenges; the LORD revenges, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.3. 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 and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
1. He that dashes in pieces is come up before your face: keep the fortification, watch the way, make your loins strong, fortify your power mightily.2. For the LORD has turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.3. The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
1. Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departs not;2. The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots.3. The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble on their corpses:
