Nahum

Book Information

Author

Nahum

Year

Around 663-612 BC

Category

Minor Prophets

Summary

The book of Nahum is a prophetic text centered on the impending downfall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Through vivid and poetic language, Nahum conveys God's judgment against the city's violence, deceit, and idolatry. It serves as a reminder of God's justice and sovereignty, highlighting the idea that no nation, regardless of its power, can escape divine accountability. The book reassures the faithful of God's protection and the eventual triumph of righteousness over wickedness.

Chapters

Nahum 1 - The Lord's Wrath Against Nineveh and His Promise of Deliverance for Judah

1. The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2. God is jealous, and the LORD revenges; the LORD revenges, 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.
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Nahum 2 - The Fall of Nineveh and the Destruction of Its Defenders

1. He that dashes in pieces is come up before your face: keep the fortification, watch the way, make your loins strong, fortify your power mightily. 2. For the LORD has turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. 3. The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
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Nahum 3 - The Fall and Desolation of Nineveh Described

1. Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departs not; 2. The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. 3. The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble on their corpses:
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