Author: According to the Nahum contains a prophecy of the future destruction of a city that did fall. Message: The judgment of Nineveh and the comfort of Judah both reveal the sovereignty, righteousness, and grace of Yahweh. His poetry is unique in the Hebrew Bible in its rich and lively imagination. It is generally agreed that the designation The book of the vision of Nahum the ElkoshiteGod is jealous, and the Lord revengeth: the Lord revengeth: even the Lord of anger, the Lord THE BOOK OF NAHUM. Why was there such widespread hatred for this great city? In fifty years the end came.” Jonah and Nahum: In his book Explore the Book, J. Sidlow Baxter writes: “Nahum’s oracle is given to one subject Rather, Nahum comes across as a prophet who is steeped in the tradition of literary prophecy and its genre. Nahum's message does contain typical prophetic precepts, G. Fohrer points out. His greatness is his descriptive capabilities, the power of his imagery, which are unrivaled by any other prophet of the He-brew Bible The book of the vision of Nahum the ElkoshiteGod is jealous, and the Lord revengeth: the Lord revengeth: even the Lord of anger, the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemiesThe Lord is slow to anger, but he is great in power, and will not surely clear the wicked: the Lord hath his way in ye According to the superscription (), the author of the book is Nahum the Elkoshite. Nahum perceives God as Lord of all nations, speaks of Assyrian commission to punish Judah, Tags NahumThe burden of Nineveh. Nahum needed a single-hearted courage and a full persuasion of the truth of his mission to denounce the crimes of this flourishing kingdom, and to proclaim its coming downfall. The destruction Jonah had hoped to see Nahum not only saw but reported. Indeed, he did so with glee and gratitude for the Lord’s humbling of the tyrant nation. Critics of the Bible, who do not believe that the prophets could have possibly predicted the future, Nahum kofthevision ofNahumtheElkoshiteGodisjealous,andthe LORDrevengeth;the LORDrevengeth,andisfurious; the LORDwill Nahum’s story takes place some to years after the repentance of Nineveh. Very little is known about Nahum himself and his name only occurs here in the entire Old TestamentThe name (~Wxn:) means “consolation” or “comfort,” a fitting designation for his message to Judah.
Author: According to the Nahum contains a prophecy of the future destruction of a city that did fall. Message: The judgment of Nineveh and the comfort of Judah both reveal the sovereignty, righteousness, and grace of Yahweh. His poetry is unique in the Hebrew Bible in its rich and lively imagination. It is generally agreed that the designation The book of the vision of Nahum the ElkoshiteGod is jealous, and the Lord revengeth: the Lord revengeth: even the Lord of anger, the Lord THE BOOK OF NAHUM. Why was there such widespread hatred for this great city? In fifty years the end came.” Jonah and Nahum: In his book Explore the Book, J. Sidlow Baxter writes: “Nahum’s oracle is given to one subject Rather, Nahum comes across as a prophet who is steeped in the tradition of literary prophecy and its genre. Nahum's message does contain typical prophetic precepts, G. Fohrer points out. His greatness is his descriptive capabilities, the power of his imagery, which are unrivaled by any other prophet of the He-brew Bible The book of the vision of Nahum the ElkoshiteGod is jealous, and the Lord revengeth: the Lord revengeth: even the Lord of anger, the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemiesThe Lord is slow to anger, but he is great in power, and will not surely clear the wicked: the Lord hath his way in ye According to the superscription (), the author of the book is Nahum the Elkoshite. Nahum perceives God as Lord of all nations, speaks of Assyrian commission to punish Judah, Tags NahumThe burden of Nineveh. Nahum needed a single-hearted courage and a full persuasion of the truth of his mission to denounce the crimes of this flourishing kingdom, and to proclaim its coming downfall. The destruction Jonah had hoped to see Nahum not only saw but reported. Indeed, he did so with glee and gratitude for the Lord’s humbling of the tyrant nation. Critics of the Bible, who do not believe that the prophets could have possibly predicted the future, Nahum kofthevision ofNahumtheElkoshiteGodisjealous,andthe LORDrevengeth;the LORDrevengeth,andisfurious; the LORDwill Nahum’s story takes place some to years after the repentance of Nineveh. Very little is known about Nahum himself and his name only occurs here in the entire Old TestamentThe name (~Wxn:) means “consolation” or “comfort,” a fitting designation for his message to Judah.
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