📖 The Book of Nahum
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The righteous judgment of God on Nineveh.
Who wrote Nahum?
Author
Nahum
Written
c. 650 BC
Genre
Prophet
Prophesied Nineveh's fall (which happened 612 BC).
Why Nahum was written
A century after Jonah, Nineveh has returned to violence and cruelty. Nahum announces its certain destruction — a comfort for the nations crushed by Assyrian brutality and a demonstration that God is slow to anger but will not acquit the guilty.
Outline of Nahum
- 11: The character of God — just and powerful
- 22: The fall of Nineveh described
- 33: The reasons for Nineveh's fall
Key verses
Nahum 1:3Nahum 1:7Nahum 3:19
How Nahum points to Christ
Nahum reveals the God who will not let evil win indefinitely. The final judgment of all oppressive powers is completed at the return of Christ, who judges the living and the dead.
How Nahum begins
1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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