Nahum Chapter 3 Finish

Na'hum. (consolation). Nahum, called "the Elkoshite," is the seventh, in order, of the Minor Prophets. 

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?”

In this study I will finish Chapter 3

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

14  Yahweh mocks Assyria’s futile strength (14-15a)

Draw thee = Draw for thyself. 

Draw thee waters for the siege = Nahum practically mocked the people of Nineveh, cheering them on to do the best they could in light of the coming judgment. They could prepare as many provisions and people as they pleased, but it would all come to nothing against the judgment of Yahweh.

Two forms of preparation are given.

1.       Water: “Draw for yourself water for a siege!” (14a)

1.       Needed for survival if cut off and Nineveh being surrounded.

2.       Adding to fortification: “Strengthen your fortifications!” (14b) = How will be given with details in the rest of the verse.

15   There = in the very scene of thy great preparations for defense; and where thou now art so secure.

fire = even as at the former destruction;
cankerworm = the young locust. Hebrew. yelek.  “the licking locust”

Yahweh predicts Assyria’s weakened economy (15b-17)

make thyself many = [though thou be] numerous. Figure of speech Irony. 

locusts = the young locust. Hebrew 'arbeh. 

make thyself many as the locusts = “the swarming locusts”; that is, however “many” be thy forces, like those of “the swarming locusts,” or the “licking locusts,” yet the foe shall consume thee as the “licking locust” licks up all before it.

17  In this verse Nahum is speaking of those who were loyal to the government – i.e. Government workers. 

Assyria was full of merchants. These were going to be like food for the enemy. All the people who worked in this empire were going to flee away, like locusts that flee to the hills. This means that there would be no loyalty, to the empire, among the government officials.

18  Now we see the eulogy in the last 2 verses. 

Shepherds are those who are supposed to be watching and guarding the helpless sheep (citizens). The noblemen move elsewhere so as to not be identified as a part of this empire. They abandon Assyria. Sin brings about abandonment in a person’s life. 

19   King’s death predicted

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