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Introduction
Scripture
Outline
Nahum 1 - God’s Righteous Anger
Nahum 1:1 - Introduction
Nahum 1:2-8 - The Universal Judgment of Yahweh
Nahum 1:9-15 - The Four Announcements
Nahum 1:9-11 - Judgment Upon Assyria
Nahum 1:12-13 - No more Affliction
Nahum 1:14 - End of the Assyrian King
Nahum 1:15 - Good News!
Purpose of Book
The purpose of Nahum is to reveal Yahweh as the great Divine Warrior who issues judgment against the Assyrians and rescues His people and the Messianic seed
Main Point
The Lord gives four announcements revealing the destruction of Assyria and the deliverance of Judah
Nahum 1:9-11 - Judgment Upon Assyria
9 What do you plot against the Lord?
Sennacherib’s military attack against 46 fortified towns in Judah in 701 BC
Sennacherib promises that he would come and take Jerusalem
He will make a complete end; trouble will not rise up a second time.
He will make a complete end
Assyria/Nineveh will come to an end
The complete theme of the oracle
Trouble will not rise up a second time
Assyria’s destruction will be so total that they will never cause trouble again
10 For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
Entangled thorns
Spiny vegetation that became entangled as it grew
The only worth they had was being burned
The Assyrians are worthless and devoted to destruction
Drunkards as they drink
Drunkards are useless and are unable to be helpful
Like drunkards they will be useless before the judgment/wrath of God
They are consumed like stubble fully dried
The Assyrians are easy prey will be swallowed up by fiery wrath
11 From you came one who plotted evil against the Lord, a worthless counselor.
This worthless (wicked, evil to his moral core) counselor is most likely Sennacherib who ruled from 705-681 BC
Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah is noted in 2 Kings 18:13-19:36
Worthless
Beliyyaal reserved for people who have committed the most evil crimes against Israel
This word eventually becomes the proper name “the Devil”
Opponents of God Himself
Nahum 1:12-13 - No more Affliction
12 Thus says the Lord, “Though they are at full strength and many, they will be cut down and pass away.
Thus says the Lord
Prophetic message from the Lord
Though they are at full strength and many
The Assyrian’s military has strength and number
They will be cut down and pass away
Despite their strength and number the Lord will bring them to an end
God is not going to wait for the nation to slowly lose power
Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
The covenantal discipline from the Lord has issued against the Judahites is going to come an end
However, the Babylonians will soon come against Judah and God will send them into exile - how can this be possible?
Affliction from the Assyrians will end
Nineveh’s destruction against God’s people also functions symbolically
13 And now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds apart.”
Judgment is imminent
Freedom from slavery and bondage is coming
The yoke of oppression from the Assyrians will finally be over
Nahum 1:14 - End of the Assyrian King
14 The Lord has given commandment about you: “No more shall your name be perpetuated; from the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the metal image.
The Lord has given commandment about you
You - Most likely the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (669-627 BC)
No more shall your name be perpetuated
There will be no more descendants for the king
The great family name and dynasty of the king shall come to an end
From the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the metal image
The war is not simply a war of Judah vs. Assyria - this war is Yahweh vs. the gods of Assyria and they shall fall
The temple of gods shall be utterly destroyed
I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
Ashurbanipal is worthless and there is no chance of restoration for him or his dynasty
Ashurbanipal would not determine his grave, God would
Nahum 1:15 - Good News!
15 Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace!
The good news is that Assyria will soon come to an end
This freedom will not come about as a result of their doings, but God’s alone
This will bring an end to hostility and restore wholeness
Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
Keep your feasts, O Judah
As a result of peace, the Judahites are commanded to keep the feasts that were prescribed in the Torah
Fulfill your vows
Covenantal commitment
Never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off
Assyria is done
Live in Celebration and Covenant with the Triune God as the Enemy will be Defeated!
Main Point
The Lord gives four announcements revealing the destruction of Assyria and the deliverance of Judah
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