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- Theme of the year 2012
The Book of
The setting of the book of
Nahum:
The Book of
Nahum (comfort or compassion)
is a man that we know very little
about. In fact, outside the book,
there is no reference to him.
The only thing that is known
about the man Nahum is that he
was a “Elkoshite” Nahum 1:1.
The information given in Nahum
would place the date somewhere
between 663 to 612 BC.
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon
7
2
1
B
C
Hosea:
Jereboam
Uzziah,
Jotham,
II Chronicles
Micah
Ahaz,
Nahum?
Jonah
Amos :
Jotham,
Hezekiah
Jereboam I Kings
Ahaz,
Uzziah,
Hezekiah
II Kings
19 Kings of Israel
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
I Chronicles
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
I Samuel
II Samuel
9
2
1
B
C
Obadiah?
20 Kings of Judah
Isaiah :
Uzziah,
Joel ? Jotham,
Ahaz,
Hezekiah
The Book
of Ezra
Babylonian The Book
Captivity
of
70 years
Jeremiah /
Lamentations
Josiah
Ezekiel
6
5
5
0
9
8
Jehoiakim
5
7
6 year of
“fifth
B
B
B
Zedekiah
C
C
CKing
Jehoiachin's
Daniel
captivity
“In the third
year of the
reign of
Jehoiakim…”
Nehemiah
The Book
of Esther
Nahum
mentions “populous
No”, or as the N.K.J. says, “No
Amon” Known today as “Thebes”
(Nahum 3:8).
“Ashurbanipal,” king of
Assyria, destroyed “No
Amon” in about 663 BC.
“Nabopolassar” (king of Babylon)
united the Babylonians, Medes,
and Scythians to go up against
Assyria. They fell in about 612 BC.
The book of Nahum deals with the
destruction of Nineveh (capital of
Assyria); therefore, the date
would be between 633-612 BC.
“…as their civilization developed
it became in many respects
peculiar. Their art is of home
growth. But they were still in
the most important points
barbarians. Their government
was rude and inartificial, their
religion coarse and sensual, and
their conduct of war cruel.”
– Smith Bible Dictionary
The Book of
The setting of the book of
Nahum:
Interesting facts about
Nineveh (Assyrians):
Interesting facts:
The people of Nineveh (Assyrians) were
descendants of Shem, (Genesis 10:6-11).
Genesis 10:6-11 - The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim,
Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah,
and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and
Dedan.
8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the
earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is
said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.“
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech,
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh,
Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Interesting facts:
The people of Nineveh (Assyrians) were
descendants of Shem, (Genesis 10:6-11).
Jonah (780 BC) was sent by God to
preach doom upon Nineveh, and
Nineveh repented, (Jonah 3:1-10).
Jonah 3:1-10 -Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah
the second time, saying,
o Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message
that I tell you.“
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the
word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great
city, a three-day journey in extent.
4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk.
Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh
shall be overthrown!“
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a
fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of
them.
6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose
from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself
with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published
throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his
nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock,
taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry
mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way
and from the violence that is in his hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away
from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
10 Then God saw their works, that they turned from their
evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had
said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
Interesting facts:
The people of Nineveh (Assyrians) were
descendants of Shem, (Genesis 10:6-11).
Jonah (780 BC) was sent by God to
preach doom upon Nineveh, and
Nineveh repented, (Jonah 3:1-10).
After warning the people of coming
judgment, it was the Assyrian empire
that God used (721 BC) to bring
judgment on Israel, (II Kings 17:1-18).
II Kings 17:1-18 - In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah,
Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria,
and he reigned nine years.
2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the
kings of Israel who were before him.
3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and
Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him tribute money.
4 And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by
Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt,
and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had
done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him
up, and bound him in prison.
5 Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land,
and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took
Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed
them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in
the cities of the Medes.
7 For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned
against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out
of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king
of Egypt; and they had feared other gods,
8 and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the
LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel, and
of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
9 Also the children of Israel secretly did against the LORD
their God things that were not right, and they built for
themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower
to fortified city.
10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden
images on every high hill and under every green tree.
11 There they burned incense on all the high places, like
the nations whom the LORD had carried away before
them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to
anger,
12 for they served idols, of which the LORD had said to
them, "You shall not do this thing.“
13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel and against Judah,
by all of His prophets, every seer, saying, "Turn from your
evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes,
according to all the law which I commanded your fathers,
and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.“
14 Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their
necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe
in the LORD their God.
15 And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He
had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He
had testified against them; they followed idols, became
idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around
them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that
they should not do like them.
16 So they left all the commandments of the LORD their
God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves,
made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of
heaven, and served Baal.
17 And they caused their sons and daughters to pass
through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and
sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke Him to anger.
18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and
removed them from His sight; there was none left but the
tribe of Judah alone.
Interesting facts:
The people of Nineveh (Assyrians) were
descendants of Shem, (Genesis 10:6-11).
Jonah (780 BC) was sent by God to
preach doom upon Nineveh, and
Nineveh repented, (Jonah 3:1-10).
After warning the people of coming
judgment, it was the Assyrian empire
that God used (721 BC) to bring
judgment on Israel, (II Kings 17:1-18).
It was Sennacherib, (king of Assyria) (705
BC) who said, “…for no god of any nation
or kingdom was able to deliver his
people from my hand or the hand of
my fathers. How much less will your
God deliver you from my hand?'“
(II Chronicles 32:15).
II Chronicles 32:9-21 - After this Sennacherib king of
Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the
forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah
king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem,
saying,
10 "Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: 'In what do you
trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
11 'Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves
over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, "The LORD our
God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria"?
12 'Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places
and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem,
saying, "You shall worship before one altar and burn
incense on it“?
13 'Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to
all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the
nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands
out of my hand?
14 'Who was there among all the gods of those nations
that my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his
people from my hand, that your God should be able to
deliver you from my hand?
15 'Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or
persuade you like this, and do not believe him; for no god
of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people
from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less
will your God deliver you from my hand?'“
16 Furthermore, his servants spoke against the LORD God
and against His servant Hezekiah.
17 He also wrote letters to revile the LORD God of Israel,
and to speak against Him, saying, "As the gods of the
nations of other lands have not delivered their people
from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His
people from my hand.“
18 Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the
people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten
them and trouble them, that they might take the city.
19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against
the gods of the people of the earth-the work of men's
hands.
20 Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet
Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven.
21 Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every
mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the
king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own
land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god,
some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword
there.
The Book of
The setting of the book of
Nahum:
Interesting facts about
Nineveh (Assyrians):
The survey of the book of
Nahum:
The Book ofThe destruction
God’s decree
to Nineveh
Chapter 1
The goodness and
severity of God
Chapter 1:1-8
of Nineveh
Chapter 2
The doom
of Nineveh
Chapter 3
Nahum 1:1-8 - The burden against Nineveh. The book of
the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; The LORD avenges
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.
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the
rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of
Lebanon wilts.
5 The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the
earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who
dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before His indignation? And who can
endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out
like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
7 The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble;
And He knows those who trust in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end
of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.
The Book ofThe destruction
God’s decree
to Nineveh
Chapter 1
The goodness and
severity of God
Chapter 1:1-8
The pronouncement
of Judgment
Chapter 1:9-15
of Nineveh
Chapter 2
The doom
of Nineveh
Chapter 3
Nahum 1:9-15 - What do you conspire against the LORD?
He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a
second time.
10 For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like
drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
11 From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the
LORD, A wicked counselor.
12 Thus says the LORD: "Though they are safe, and likewise
many, Yet in this manner they will be cut down When he
passes through. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict
you no more;
13 For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst
your bonds apart.“
14 The LORD has given a command concerning you: "Your
name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of
your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded
image. I will dig your grave, For you are vile.“
15 Behold, on the mountains The feet of him who brings
good tidings, Who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your
appointed feasts, Perform your vows. For the wicked one
shall no more pass through you; He is utterly cut off.
The Book ofThe destruction
God’s decree
to Nineveh
Chapter 1
of Nineveh
Chapter 2
The goodness and
severity of God
Chapter 1:1-8
The assault of
the people
Chapter 2:1-7
The pronouncement
of Judgment
Chapter 1:9-15
The doom
of Nineveh
Chapter 3
Nahum 2:1-7 - He who scatters has come up before your
face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your
flanks! Fortify your power mightily.
2 For the LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the
excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them
out And ruined their vine branches.
3 The shields of his mighty men are made red, The valiant
men are in scarlet. The chariots come with flaming torches
In the day of his preparation, And the spears are
brandished.
4 The chariots rage in the streets, They jostle one another
in the broad roads; They seem like torches, They run like
lightning.
5 He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk;
They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is
dissolved.
7 It is decreed: She shall be led away captive, She shall be
brought up; And her maidservants shall lead her as with
the voice of doves, Beating their breasts.
The Book ofThe destruction
God’s decree
to Nineveh
Chapter 1
of Nineveh
Chapter 2
The goodness and
severity of God
Chapter 1:1-8
The assault of
the people
Chapter 2:1-7
The pronouncement
of Judgment
Chapter 1:9-15
The flight of
the people
Chapter 2:8-13
The doom
of Nineveh
Chapter 3
Nahum 2:8-13 Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of
water, Now they flee away. "Halt! Halt!" they cry; But no
one turns back.
9 Take spoil of silver! Take spoil of gold! There is no end of
treasure, Or wealth of every desirable prize.
10 She is empty, desolate, and waste! The heart melts, and
the knees shake; Much pain is in every side, And all their
faces are drained of color.
11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding
place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the
lioness and lion's cub, And no one made them afraid?
12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, Killed for his
lionesses, Filled his caves with prey, And his dens with
flesh.
13 "Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts, "I
will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall
devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the
earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no
more."
The Book ofThe destruction
God’s decree
to Nineveh
Chapter 1
of Nineveh
Chapter 2
The doom
of Nineveh
Chapter 3
The goodness and
severity of God
Chapter 1:1-8
The assault of
the people
Chapter 2:1-7
Nineveh’s fate is of
her own making
Chapter 3:1-7
The pronouncement
of Judgment
Chapter 1:9-15
The flight of
the people
Chapter 2:8-13
Nahum 3:1-7 - Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies
and robbery. Its victim never departs.
2 The noise of a whip And the noise of rattling wheels, Of
galloping horses, Of clattering chariots!
3 Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
There is a multitude of slain, A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses-They stumble over the corpses4 Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive
harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations
through her harlotries, And families through her sorceries.
5 "Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of hosts; "I will
lift your skirts over your face, I will show the nations your
nakedness, And the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will cast abominable filth upon you, Make you vile, And
make you a spectacle.
7 It shall come to pass that all who look upon you Will flee
from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste! Who will
bemoan her?' Where shall I seek comforters for you?"
The Book ofThe destruction
God’s decree
to Nineveh
Chapter 1
of Nineveh
Chapter 2
The doom
of Nineveh
Chapter 3
The goodness and
severity of God
Chapter 1:1-8
The assault of
the people
Chapter 2:1-7
Nineveh’s fate is of
her own making
Chapter 3:1-7
The pronouncement
of Judgment
Chapter 1:9-15
The flight of
the people
Chapter 2:8-13
Nineveh’s inability
to protect herself
Chapter 3:8-19
Nahum 3:8-19 - Are you better than No Amon That was
situated by the River, That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall was the sea?
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, And it was
boundless; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
10 Yet she was carried away, She went into captivity; Her
young children also were dashed to pieces At the head of
every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all
her great men were bound in chains.
11 You also will be drunk; You will be hidden; You also will
seek refuge from the enemy.
12 All your strongholds are fig trees with ripened figs: If
they are shaken, They fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Surely, your people in your midst are women! The gates
of your land are wide open for your enemies; Fire shall
devour the bars of your gates.
14 Draw your water for the siege! Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Make strong the
brick kiln!
15 There the fire will devour you, The sword will cut you
off; It will eat you up like a locust. Make yourself many-like
the locust! Make yourself many-like the swarming locusts!
16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the
stars of heaven. The locust plunders and flies away.
17 Your commanders are like swarming locusts, And your
generals like great grasshoppers, Which camp in the
hedges on a cold day; When the sun rises they flee away,
And the place where they are is not known.
18 Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; Your nobles
rest in the dust. Your people are scattered on the
mountains, And no one gathers them.
19 Your injury has no healing, Your wound is severe. All
who hear news of you Will clap their hands over you, For
upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
The Book of
The book of Nahum has given us
another look into the dealings of
God with the peoples of the Old
Testament times.
We are again reminded about the
goodness and severity of God.
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you want to stand?
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