Nahum 1:1-15

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nahum 1:8

CRITICAL NOTES.] Burden] (Vulg. onus), from a word to lift up, a threatening utterance; some, heavy and full. Nahum 1:2. Jealous], (words from the decalogue), to be warm. Burns against those who hate him (Deuteronomy 6:15). The term indicates feeling of injured right, and strong inclination for justice. Furious] Lit. a lord or master of fury: a master of dreams, i.e. a dreamer, &c. Reserveth] Applied to God, sig. to keep or bear wrath (Leviticus 19:18; Psalms 103:9). Nahum 1:3. Acquit]... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nahum 1:9-11

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 51:17-23; 2 Samuel 20:10). Nahum 1:10. Thorns] twisted together, to appear inseparable, and present a bristling front (2 Samuel 23:6-7). Drunken] Assyrian kings proverbial for intemperance and revelry. Nahum 1:11. One] Sennacherib. Thee] From Nineveh itself arises its own ruin. Counsellor] Lit. a counsellor of Belial,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nahum 1:12-15

CRITICAL NOTES.] Nahum 1:12-14.] Repeat the truths of Nahum 1:9-11. Good to Judah, and evil to Assyria, predicted. Quiet] In tranquil security; or complete with unbroken ranks and number, with everything necessary for a successful siege. “The word may also be designed to convey the idea of mental completeness, i.e. in this connexion, security, martial courage” [Hend.]. Cut] Mown down like the harvest (2 Kings 19:35; Isaiah 37:36-37). Give historical facts. Nahum 1:13. Yoke] The tribute to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:2

Nahum 1:2 I. There are many terms applied to God in Scripture, which seem to anthropomorphize His character: The "angry" God; the "repenting" God; the "foreseeing" God. Now, whenever such terms are used, think of them as steps of Divine descent. Through those words, as down a stairway, Divine Majesty descends to us, and infinite relations make themselves known. "Jealous" is the same word as zealous, and both are derived from the Greek word ζῆλος , fire. Zeal is enthusiasm, moral fire; and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Nahum 1:8

Nahum 1:8 The text presents us with two great subjects of meditation: the admirable patience of the Divine Being, and the mysterious and awful character of His providential operations. I. We believe, from the structure of the passage, that it was the Divine patience which the prophet desired to exhibit, and that he added a reference to the power of God, and His punishment of the wicked, in order to guard men against presuming on His forbearance. The Divine patience is evidently a property which... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Nahum 1:2

DISCOURSE: 1218GOD A REVENGER OF SINNahum 1:2; Nahum 1:6. God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies..…Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger?MEN have such ideas of God’s mercy, that they cannot persuade themselves he will ever execute judgment on impenitent transgressors. In fact, it is the hope of this which encourages men to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Nahum 1:6

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Nahum 1:7

DISCOURSE: 1219GOD A REFUGE IN TIME OF TROUBLENahum 1:7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.WHEN God interposed in a cloud between the camp of Israel and the camp of the Egyptians, the cloud was to those a pillar of fire, to give them light; but to these a cloud of darkness, to obstruct their way. And such is the varied aspect of Jehovah to his friends and enemies in all ages. Towards the Ninevites, who had now nearly filled up the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Nahum 1:15

DISCOURSE: 1220THE PROPER IMPROVEMENT OF GOD’S MERCIES [Note: Thanksgiving Sermon for peace, in May 1802.]Nahum 1:15. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy rows.IN the writings of the prophets there is an abruptness of style, which often renders them intricate, and almost unintelligible. The rapidity of their transitions from one person to another, from one period to another, and from one subject... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Nahum 1:1

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 2:41-43; Daniel 2:41-43 (See Scofield " :-") , Under the preaching of Jonah, B.C. 862, the city and king had turned to God (Elohim), Jonah 3:3-10 But in the time of Nahum, more than a century later, the city had wholly apostatized from God. It is this which distinguishes Nineveh from all the other ancient... read more

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