CONTENTS
The chief points in the opening of Nahum's prophecy, are to set forth the Lord's just judgment on his enemies, and his mercy over his Israel.
Here seems a double title to Nahum's book. It is a burthen. And it is the book of a vision. Perhaps this double title might signify ruin, and an heavy burthen upon Nineveh, and a vision of peace and glory to Israel.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET NAHUM _Chronological Notes relative to this Book, upon the supposition_ _that it was written about seven hundred and thirteen years_ _before the commencement of the Christia...
THE BURDEN - Jerome: “The word משׂא _mas's'â'_, ‘burden’ is never placed in the title, except when the vision is heavy and full of burden and toil.” OF NINEVEH - The prophecy of Nahum again is very s...
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...
NAHUM 1:1. TITLE. On the name and home of Nahum, _cf._ Introduction...
BURDEN. Compare Isaiah 13:1 Isaiah 27:13. See the Structure, p. 930), and Habakkuk.. A prophetic oracle: or, the prophetic doom of Nineveh, written about ninety (603-514. B.C.) years before Nineveh's...
_GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD -- NAHUM 1:1-2:_ God is pictured both as a jealous God and as an avenger against wrong doers. "God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord will take vengeance on His adversari...
THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH— _The sentence upon Nineveh._ See the Argument, and Isaiah 13:1. Bishop Newton observes, that if there be some difficulty in discovering the persons by whom Nineveh was taken, th...
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...
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH - the prophetic doom [ masaa' (H4853)] of Nineveh. Nahum prophesied against that city 150 years after Jo...
1:1 (h-0) * (The title of this book, 'Nahum'), Said to mean 'Comfort' or 'Comforted.'...
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...
THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH — _i.e._, the _sentence_ against Nineveh (see Isaiah 13:1, Note). On the names Nahum and Elkoshite see Introduction....
מַשָּׂ֖א נִֽינְוֵ֑ה סֵ֧פֶר חֲזֹ֛ון נַח֖וּם הָ...
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...
The (a) burden of Nineveh. (b) The book of the vision of Nahum the (c) Elkoshite. The Argument - As those of Nineveh showed themselves prompt and ready to receive the word of God at Jonah's preaching,...
Burden, or threat. (Worthington) --- Septuagint, "assumption," (Haydock) when the prophet saw in spirit the impending ruin. (Theodoret) --- Allegorically, Nahum is "the comforter" of the just, shewing...
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...
_NAHUM: A STUDY_ ‘The vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.’ Nahum 1:1 It may be affirmed, without fear of contradiction, that the Book of the prophet Nahum is amongst the least known and studied of all t...
Though a part of what is here delivered belongs to the Israelites and to the Jews, he yet calls his Book by what it principally contains; he calls its _the burden of Nineveh _Of this word משא, _mesha,...
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...
THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH,.... Of the city of Nineveh, and the greatness of it, Jonah 1:2; Jonah 3:3; Jonah was sent to this city to threaten it with ruin for its sins; at that time the king and all his...
_The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite._ Ver. 1. _The burden of Nineveh_] _i.e._ The burdenous prophecy, _See Trapp on "_ Mal 1:1 _"_ It is a burden to wicked men to be...
_The burden of Nineveh_ Of Nineveh, see note on Jonah 3:3. When the prophets were sent to denounce judgments against a nation, or city, their message, or prophecy, was usually called the burden of tha...
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...
The burden of Nineveh, the sentence bringing the threat of Jehovah against the wicked city. THE BOOK OF THE VISION OF NAHUM, THE ELKOSHITE, the term probably indicating that Nahum did not deliver his...
1-8 About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevites repented, and were spared, yet, soon after, they became worse than ever. Nineveh knows not that God who contends with her, but is...
NAHUM CHAPTER 1 The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and severity against his enemies. THE BURDEN: when the prophets were sent to denounce future judgments against a nation or city, the word...
Nahum 1:1 burden H4853 Nineveh H5210 book H5612 vision H2377 Nahum H5151 Elkoshite H512 burden - Isaiah
CHAPTER 1. DECLARATION OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA AND DELIVERANCE FOR GOD'S PEOPLE. ‘The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.' ‘The burden of Nineveh' - prophecy was not easy...
NINEVEH Nineveh stands in Scripture as the representative of apostate religious Gentiledom, as Babylon represents the confusion into which the Gentile political world-system has fallen (Daniel 2:41);...
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...
_The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite._ NAHUM’S BOOK Nahum writes a book. It was a curious thing to do in those days. It was a book of a vision, and therefore likely to be quite misunderstoo...
NAHUM 1:1 Introduction. This is the only OT book that begins with a “double title.” ORACLE describes a prophetic proclamation (see note on Hab. 1:1). VISION indicates how God communicated the contents...
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...
Genesis 10:11; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 14:28; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 21:1;...
The burden — When the prophets were sent to denounce judgments against a nation or city, the word was usually called the burden of that nation or city. The vision — As prophets were of old called seer...