Nahum 3

Nahum 3

Simplified plan of ancient Nineveh, showing city wall and location of gateways.
Book Book of Nahum
Bible part Old Testament
Order in the Bible part 34
Category Nevi'im

Nahum 3 is the third and last chapter of the Book of Nahum in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Nahum, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[3][4] This chapter describes the cause of the destruction of Nineveh.[5]

Text

Structure

This chapter can be grouped:

Verse 8

Are you better than No Amon
That was situated by the River,
That had the waters around her,
Whose rampart was the sea,
Whose wall was the sea?[7]

Verse 9

Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
And it was boundless;
Put and Lubim were your helpers.[11]

Verse 19

Your injury has no healing,
Your wound is severe.
All who hear news of you
Will clap their hands over you,
For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?[13]

The message in this final verse of the Book of Nahum gives a positive encouragement and "message of comfort for Israel, Judah, and others who had experienced the "endless cruelty" ("wickedness passed continually") of the Assyrians."[14]

See also

References

  1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
  3. J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
  4. Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
  5. 1 2 3 The Scofield Study Bible, Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 9780195278583. pp. 1185-7.
  6. VanderKam, James C., The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994. pp. 10-11.
  7. Nahum 3:8
  8. Hebrew word #528 in Strong's Concordance
  9. Targum and Vulgate read populous Alexandria. New King James Version
  10. New King James Version
  11. Nahum 3:9
  12. Hebrew word #3568 in Strong's Concordance
  13. Nahum 3:19
  14. Michael D. Coogan, A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) 297–298.

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