Nahum Chapter 3 Part 3

Na'hum. (consolation). Nahum, called "the Elkoshite," is the seventh, in order, of the Minor Prophets. His personal history is quite unknown. The site of Elkosh, his native place, is disputed, some placing it in Galilee, others in Assyria

The name refers back to Yahweh's compassion connected with Jonah's mission eighty-seven years before. The name Nahum is an abbreviated form of the name Nehemiah, which means “Comfort of Yahweh.”

What is the purpose of this book? The book of Nahum is devoted exclusively to the announcement of the destruction of the city of Nineveh; the prophecy gave hope to the people of Judah who had long been terrorized by Assyria’s constant and ominous threat

Before I get into this study, I continue with our study on what the Capital Building is all about. Was the Capital design to be a Temple set up by the founders of the New World Order?  In this study, I take a look at the man who is at the center of all this George Washington. We must ask ourselves, “Was Washington a Man of God? Or God-Man?”

Beginning with this Chapter 2 and in this Chapter 3 we now read of Nineveh’s destruction.

As we continue is this Chapter 3 verse 10, we still see the;

2:1 - 3:19. DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH.
  2:1-2. Yahweh’s. = challenge to fight.
  2:3-10. Judgment. = Invasion.
  2:11-13; 3:1-7. Causes. = Hostility.
  3:8-10. Examples. = Citation.
  3:11-13. Examples. = Application.
  3:14. Yahweh’s. = challenge to fight.
  3:15-17. Judgment. = Devastation.
  3:18-19. Causes. = Hostility

 With everything going on, Yahweh reminds Nineveh that Thebes was destroyed (10)

Yet was she, &c = The cuneiform monuments tell us that Thebes, the old capital of Egypt, was destroyed by Assyria about 663 B.C. 

She = i.e. Thebes. 

Therefore, Nineveh too will fall (11)

Yahweh’s judgment has an eternal aspect, it never ends. Yahweh can be comforted by His judgment.

Thou = i.e. Nineveh. We as a nation are like the Ninevites. We see empires and nations judged in our own day and in history, just like the Assyrians saw Thebes destroyed. Yet we, like the Ninevites, somehow think that we will be spared, despite our sinful arrogance and rebellion.

be drunken = i.e. drink of the cup [of judgment]; or, be stupefied by thy calamity. 

be hid = hide thyself. 

strength = strength [for defense]; hence = "thou shalt seek a stronghold, or refuge [in vain]". 

Have you know guys in the military that like to brag? Well listen to what the Yahweh has to say!

12  Your strongholds are fig trees with ripened figs = As easily as ripe fruit falls from a shaken tree, so would the strongholds of Nineveh fall before the judgment of Yahweh. We often have our strongholds of sin and pride that we put great confidence in, but they are ready to be shaken and fall to the ground.

13  thy people = thy soldiers.

women = unable to fight for thee (Isa. 19:16; Jerm. 50:37; 51:30).

gates on thy land = the fortified passes or entrances to the region of Nineveh (compare Jerm. 15:7). Northeast of Nineveh there were hills affording a natural barrier against an invader; the guarded passes through these are probably “the gates of the land” meant.

fire shall devour thy bars = the “bars” of the fortresses at the passes into Assyria. So in Assyrian remains the Assyrians themselves are represented as setting fire to the gates of a city

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