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Nahum
Introduction
This document is about the destruction of Nineveh (Heb. Ninveh), the capital city of Assyria—an ancient enemy of Israel. It was written between 663 B.C. and 612 B.C. The prophet Nahum was pleased that Yahweh destroyed Nineveh, because that was a sign that God does indeed punish sinners.
A large portion of the document is poetry, with some narrative portions also included. Unlike English poetry which can often focus on rhyme, Hebrew poetry often includes parallelism where the same thought is repeated or extended using different words. The OET Readers’ Version tries to assist the reader by starting the second line in a parallel set with the symbol ≈.
Main components of this “book”
Yahweh’s punishment of Nineveh 1:1-15
The destruction of Nineveh 2:1-3:19
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1 This document is a declaration about Nineveh city which was given to Nahum from Elkosh as a vision.[ref]
1:2 Yahweh’s anger at Nineveh
2 Yahweh is a jealous[fn] God who avenges.
≈Yahweh avenges and is full of anger.
He takes vengeance on his opponents,
≈and he continues to be angry with his enemies.
3 Yahweh is slow to get angry, but very powerful.
He certainly won’t allow guilty people to go unpunished.
He walks among whirlwinds and storms,
≈and clouds are like dust stirred up by his feet.
4 He scolds the ocean and makes it sand.
Bashan and Karmel wither up.
≈He makes the flowers wilt in Lebanon.
5 The mountains shake when he appears,
≈and the hills melt.
The ground heaves at his presence—
actually the entire world and all its residents.
6 What can withstand his indignation?
≈Who can resist his fierce anger?
His anger is poured out like fire,
and rocks shatter in front of him.
7 Yahweh is good at sheltering us when trouble comes.
≈He recognises those go to him for protection.
8 He’ll completely destroy his opponents with a rushing flood.
≈He will chase his enemies into the darkness.
9 Whatever is plotted against Yahweh,
he’ll completely destroy it.
≈Trouble won’t return a second time.
10 They’ll get tangled up as if in thorns,
They’ll be burnt up completely like dry stubble.
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1:2 Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahweh often compares peoples who worship idols (instead of him,the creator) similar to a spouse that has an affair.