CHAPTER XII INTRODUCTION Nahum 1:1. RV. The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. LXX. The burden of Nineve: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite. COMMENTS When Jonah, about 100 years previous to Nahum, foretold the overthrow of Nineveh the great royal seat of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMING OF THE LORD OF JUDGEMENT. Nahum 1:2-8 RV. Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind... [ Continue Reading ]
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 with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble. There is one gone forth out of thee tha... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTRUCTION OF FALSE GODS AND VILE MEN. Nahum 1:14-15 RV. And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown; out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy gave; for thou art vile. Behold, upon the mountains the f... [ Continue Reading ]