imagine. devise. Compare Psalms 2:1.
affliction. distress, or trouble; Hebrew. zarar, as in Nahum 1:7, i.e. the trouble that now threatens Nineveh.
the second time. Referring to the rising up after Jonah's proclamation. Compare "rise", Jeremiah 51:64. Same word as "abide", Nahum 1:6, above.
Verse 9. _AFFLICTION SHALL NOT RISE UP THE SECOND TIME._] There shall be no need to _repeat the judgment_; with _one blow_ God will make a full end of the business....
The prophet had in few words summed up the close of Nineveh; he now upbraids them with the sin, which should bring it upon them, and foretells the destruction of Sennacherib. Nineveh had, before this,...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Purpose of God in Dealing with the Assyrian Oppressor _ 1. The superscription (Nahum 1:1) _ 2. Jehovah's majesty in judgment (Nahum 1:2) 3. His people comfo...
THE AVENGING WRATH OF YAHWEH. Yahweh is a jealous and vengeful God sensitive to the honour of Himself and His people who marcheth through whirlwind and storm to save them from the enemy. Before His pr...
_GOD IS SO POWERFUL THAT SINNERS CANNOT STAND BEFORE HIM -- NAHUM 1:6-9:_ Nahum asked, "Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out lik...
WHAT DO YE IMAGINE— _Why do ye take counsel?_ &c. The prophet says this to the Ninevites, who seemed willing to repair the loss of Senacherib's army, and to invade Judaea; and it is most likely, says...
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...
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. WHAT DO YE IMAGINE AGAINST THE LORD? Abrupt address to the Assyrians. How mad is your a...
1:9 end. (b-12) See Zephaniah 1:18 ....
GOD'S VENGEANCE ON HIS PEOPLE'S ENEMIES. DELIVERANCE FOR JUDAH 1, 2. Superscription: 'Oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of prophesying of Nahum the Elkoshite.' A. theological introduct...
NAHUM, *PROPHET OF COMFORT NAHUM _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Comfort them; comfort my people, says the *LORD (Isaiah 40:1). (‘Comfort’ means ‘stop them suffering and make them strong’. ‘*LORD’ is a speci...
AFFLICTION — _i.e.,_ Nineveh’s affliction of Israel, the same Hebrew word being used in Nahum 1:7 to denote Israel’s “trouble” or “affliction” proceeding from Nineveh. (See also Nahum 1:12.) Nineveh s...
(9-15) The first revelation of God’s judgment, by the awful overthrow of Sennacherib’s invading army in the reign of Hezekiah....
מַה ־תְּחַשְּׁבוּן֙ אֶל ־יְהוָ֔ה כָּלָ֖ה ה֣וּא...
THE VENGEANCE OF THE LORD Nahum 1:1 THE prophet Nahum, as we have seen, arose probably in Judah, if not about the same time as Zephaniah and Jeremiah, then a few years later. Whether he prophesied be...
GOD'S GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUS ANGER Nahum 1:1-15 The native city of Nahum was Elkosh, near the Lake of Galilee. The name Capernaum means literally “the village of Nahum.” He lived about 150 years afte...
The prophet preceded the announcement of a verdict of vengeance by a section dealing wholly with Jehovah Himself. As to His character, He is a God of vengeance, and yet the central fact of His nature...
What do ye (k) imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. (k) He shows that the undertakings of the Assyrians against Judah and the Church were...
Affliction. Septuagint add, "for the same thing, or together." (Haydock) --- :Many hence infer, that those who have been slain by God, like the Sodomites, &c., will not be condemned to hell. (Origen,...
It is very evident that the Prophet's whole discourse is directed to warn the Ninevites, who thought of destroying Israel, that they should thereby only hasten their own destruction. And the event in...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Singular was the reproach of the Jews in the time of our Lord (John 7:52); for there were prophets who had arisen out of Galilee. Jonah and Nahum were both G...
Some interpreters so consider this verse also, as though the Prophet had said, that the calamity of the chosen people would not be a destruction, as God would observe some moderation and keep within c...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, AND 3. If we were to examine closely the different characters of the nations who have been connected with the people of God, we should perhaps find in e...
WHAT DO YE IMAGINE AGAINST THE LORD?.... O ye Ninevites or Assyrians; do you think you can frustrate the designs of the Lord, resist his power, and hinder him from executing what he has threatened and...
What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. Ver. 9. _What do ye imagine against the Lord?_] Because against his people. So Psalms 62:...
_What do ye imagine against the Lord?_ Having declared the dreadfulness of God's power and anger against the wicked, his goodness toward his people, and denounced future destruction against the Ninevi...
THE DIVINE COUNSEL CONCERNING THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH. God, who is at the same time the God of the covenant and the almighty Sovereign of the universe, states that He has fully decided to bring abo...
What do ye imagine against the Lord? Did the people of Judah think that Jehovah was not able to carry out His threat against Nineveh?. HE WILL MAKE AN UTTER END; AFFLICTION SHALL NOT RISE UP THE SECON...
9-15 There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick despatch; and one way or o...
Having declared the dreadfulness of God's power and anger against the wicked, his goodness towards his people, and denounced future destruction against the Ninevites and Assyrians, he doth now expostu...
Nahum 1:9 conspire H2803 (H8762) LORD H3068 make H6213 (H8802) end H3617 Affliction H6869 up H6965 ...
GOD'S PURPOSE TOWARDS NINEVEH (NAHUM 1:9 A). God purposes to destroy Nineveh once and for all. Nahum 1:9 ‘What do you imagine against YHWH? He will make a full end. Affliction will not rise up the...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's holiness and power. Nineveh's destruction forecasted. CHARACTERS: God, Nahum. CONCLUSION: The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against His enemies, and His favor and mercy ar...
Nahum 1:1. _The burden of Nineveh Nahum the Elkoshite._ This refers to a village of Galilee, the native place of Nahum, who in point of talent was among the first of the Hebrew prophets. Yet nothing o...
_What do ye imagine against the Lord?_ SIN I. The essence of sin is suggested. It is hostility to God. It is opposition to the laws, purposes, Spirit of God. It involves-- 1. The basest of ingratit...
NAHUM—NOTE ON NAHUM 1:9 The Lord’s Coming Judgment on Nineveh and Deliverance of Judah. In these verses Nahum alternates between the Lord’s coming judgment on Nineveh and his gracious deliverance of J...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Nahum 1:9.] The city must be destroyed and its inhabitants perish. IMAGINE] By means of defence to ward off danger. SECOND] time from Assyria (cf. Isaiah 51:17; 2 Samuel 20:10)....
EXPOSITION NAHUM 1:1 Part I. THE JUDGMENT UPON NINEVEH DECREED BY GOD. NAHUM 1:1 § 1. _The heading of the book. _The book has a double ti
Tonight, let's turn now to the book of Nahum. Again, just three Chapter s long and they're even short Chapter s. So, we should have a relatively short Bible study tonight in Nahum. He introduces the s...
1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 3:12; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Samuel 20:10;...
Against the Lord — What you imagine or design against his people, ye design against him? Make an utter end — He will bring you to utter desolation....