NAHUM In a Nutshell. . .
FDate -- 660-620 B.C.
Destruction Egyptian City Thebes 664 B.C.
FName means. . . 'consulation' or 'comforter'
FContemporary (Judah) Kings -- Manasseh, Amon & Josiah
FContemporary Prophets -- Zephaniah
FRelated Scripture -- II Kings 21 - 23
FProphesied to. . . Nineveh (Judah)
FTheme -- The Doom of NinevehA. The Prophet - Nahum
1. The Eokleske (Elkosh - city)
Possibly the City of Capernaum of Galilee
2. Concerning his Writing -- Most Poetic of All the prophets (e.g. Imagery, Picture)B. Historical Setting (660-612 B.C.)
Near Future Capitol of Assyria - 612 B.C.1. Less Than 200 Years Earlier -- Was Revival in Nineveh
What Happened? [Israel Fell Captive to Assyria 722 B.C.]
705-681 Sennacherib Lost Many Men to Judah
612 B.C. Medes & Babylonians Used by God to Defeat AssyriaC. Content
2 Thoughts
1. Destruction of Nineveh
2. Reason for the DestructionD. Outline of Nahum
1. Pronouncement of Nineveh's Doom (1:1-15)
a. Prophecy of the Doom 1:1
Burden = Load, Something Lifted Up
b. Divine Agent-God of the Doom (1:2-8)
1) He Is a Jealous God Who Takes Vengeance on His Enemies (1:2)
2) He Is a Long-suffering God Who Is Slow to Anger (1:3)
3) He Is a God of Power Who None Can Exist (1:3-6)
4) He Is a Good God & Is a Refuge to Those Who Love Him. (1:7-8)
c. The Verdict of the Doom (1:9-13)
[The prophet directly mentions Assyria's defeat]
1) Concerning the Work of Nineveh in General (1:9-10)
"they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry."
2) Mission of Sennacherib (1:11-13)
II Kings 19:35-36
d. Realization of the Doom (1:14-15)
1) For Nineveh (1:14)
2) For Judah (1:15)2. The Description of Nineveh's Doom
a. The Warning Sounded 2:1-2
Assyria Better Get Ready
b. The Invasion Described (2:3-7)
1) The Army 2:3
Colored Red Shield of Babylonians
Scare Tactic
2) The Armour & Armourment
3) The Defenders (2:5
The Assyrians Are Very Weak
Historian - Assyrians Were in a Drunken Feast When Defeated
Nahum 1:10
4) The Defeat (2:6-7)
Tigris River Over Flowed Its Banks
"Huzzab" -> 'Established'
Play on Words For Nineveh to Be Destroyed
c. The Destruction Delineated (2:8-13)
1) The Flight of her Citizens (2:8)
2) The Plundering of Nineveh's Treasure (2:9-10)
3) Wonder of the prophet (2:11-12)
Where Is the Lion (Nineveh) Now?
4) The Pronouncement of Jehovah
Nineveh Will Never Be Again
3. Vindication of Nineveh's Doom
3 Reasons for Justice
a. By Reviewing her-Nineveh's History (3:1-7)
b. His Judgment Upon Egypt 3:8
"No" - City of Egypt
(Thebes) - 664 B.C. Destroyed
c. Because of their Apathy (3:16-19)