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Themes in Nahum 3

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Themes in Nahum 3

Nahum 3:1 (show verse)

Woe to the city of blood,
totally deceitful,
full of plunder,
never without prey.

Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as
Nineveh » Described as » Full of lies and robbery
Nineveh » Called » Bloody city
Prophets » Names of persons spoken of as
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as
national Sins » Exemplified » Nineveh
Theft » Woe denounced against

Nahum 3:2 (show verse)

The crack of the whip
and rumble of the wheel,
galloping horse
and jolting chariot!

Chariot » For war
Chariots » Noise occasioned by, referred to
Chariots » Bounding motion of, referred to
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Coming up of the babylonish armies against

Nahum 3:3 (show verse)

Charging horseman,
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over their dead.

The Dead » Terms used to express » Corpses
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Destruction of its people
Spears » Frequently used by horse soldiers
Swords » Described as » Bright

Nahum 3:4 (show verse)

Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute,
the attractive mistress of sorcery,
who betrays nations by her prostitution
and clans by her witchcraft,

Nineveh » Described as » Full of witchcraft
Paganism » Results
Sorcery » Practiced » By the ninevites
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom

Nahum 3:5 (show verse)

I am against you.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
I will lift your skirts over your face
and display your nakedness to nations,
your shame to kingdoms.

Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Degradation and contempt put on
Paganism » Results
Sorcery » Practiced » By the ninevites
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom

Nahum 3:6 (show verse)

I will throw filth on you
and treat you with contempt;
I will make a spectacle of you.

Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Degradation and contempt put on
Paganism » Results
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom

Nahum 3:7 (show verse)

Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,
“Nineveh is devastated;
who will show sympathy to her?”
Where can I find anyone to comfort you?

Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Degradation and contempt put on
Paganism » Results
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom

Nahum 3:8 (show verse)

Are you better than Thebes

that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river

her wall?

Cities » Densely inhabited
No » A city » A city on the nile river
the Sea » Commercial nations » Often built cities on the borders of

Nahum 3:9 (show verse)

Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;
Put and Libya were among her allies.

Lubims » The region they inhabited was called phut in
Phut » The descendants of phut, or the country inhabited by them

Nahum 3:10 (show verse)

Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,
and all her nobles were bound in chains.

Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Captivity of its people

Nahum 3:11 (show verse)

You also will become drunk;
you will hide yourself.
You also will seek refuge from the enemy.

Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Being taken while people were drunk

Nahum 3:12 (show verse)

All your fortresses are fig trees
with figs that ripened first;
when shaken, they fall—
right into the mouth of the eater!

Fig tree » Fruit of, illustrative » (untimely and dropping,) of the wicked ripe for judgment
Nineveh » Described as » Strong

Nahum 3:13 (show verse)

Look, your troops are like women among you;
the gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies.
Fire will devour the bars of your gates.

Effeminacy » General references to
Nineveh » Predictions respecting » Feebleness of its people
human Weakness » Powerlessness of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Effeminacy, general references to
Woman » Characterized as » Timid
Women » Are timid

Nahum 3:14 (show verse)

Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mold!

Brick » Made by israelites
Mortar » Cement or slime
Mortar » Cement » Firm » Trodden
Sieges » Cities invested by » Supplied with water beforehand
Slime » Cement or slime

Nahum 3:15 (show verse)

The fire will devour you there;
the sword will cut you down.
It will devour you like the young locust.
Multiply yourselves like the young locust,
multiply like the swarming locust!

Cankerworm » Sent as a judgment
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
Locusts » Immensely numerous
Locusts » Illustrative » (destruction of,) of destruction of God's enemies

Nahum 3:16 (show verse)

You have made your merchants
more numerous than the stars of the sky.
The young locust strips the land
and flies away.

Cankerworm » Sent as a judgment
Commerce » Carried on by » Ninevites
Commerce » Ninevites
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Cankerworm
Nineveh » Described as » Commercial

Your court officials are like the swarming locust,
and your scribes like clouds of locusts,
which settle on the walls on a cold day;
when the sun rises, they take off,
and no one knows where they are.

Agriculture » Foes of » Grasshoppers
Fence » Hedge
Hedges » Filled with grasshoppers
Locusts » Illustrative » Of unGodly rulers

Nahum 3:18 (show verse)

King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber;
your officers sleep.
Your people are scattered across the mountains
with no one to gather them together.

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Nahum 3:19 (show verse)

There is no remedy for your injury;
your wound is severe.
All who hear the news about you
will clap their hands because of you,
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?

Assyria » As a power, was » Intolerant and oppressive
Dishonour » The wicked are brought to
The wicked » Despised