Here are my thoughts and highlights from Nahum as I continue my journey through the Bible:
- Nahum means “comfort”
- Possibly from the south
- Writes his prophecy against Ninevah the Assyrian capital
- Written between (663 - 612 BC) around the time of King Josiah (Judah)
- (about 100 yrs after Jonah goes to Ninevah)
- Best Lines:
- God is good,
a hiding place in tough times.
He recognizes and welcomes
anyone looking for help (1:7)
- I’ll pelt you with dog dung
and place you on a pedestal: ‘Slut on Exhibit.’ (3:6)
- God is good,
- God destroys Assyria because they are “past the point of no return”
- Like Edom (in the book of Obadiah) there is no redemptive hope
May God be praised that you come and listen to edify your brother.