THE PROPHESY OF NAHUM

Nahum's prophesy, like Jonah's is for Nineveh. He prophesies and reveals another side of Gods kindness or being. Here we see God as a judge who proceeds to execute His judgements. We experience His wrath(Nahum 1:6). Jonah on the other hand reveals the the merciful, forgiving and loving kindness of God. God also through His prophet Nahum addresses a separate kind of people within the principality, a people caught up in the times of difficulty that the nation must go through (Nahum 1:7). They receive comfort despite the prevailing conditions. Compare with Isaiah 60:2: "...for behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee."

Like with other prophets, God also reveals to Nahum the sword that He shall use to accomplish His purpose. As is with previous prophets, it is a nation. As has been the prophesies, this would be followed up by judgement upon the adverserial nation, and restoration(Nahum 1:13) for what He(God) would call His people.

The prophesy of Nahum is sealed by cross reference to severall principalities sharing the same fate. Judah, Israel, Jacob, all corresponding principalities. So is Assyria(Nahum 3:9), used as in direct reference to Nineveh. Now Assyria and Nineveh all stem from the same root, that land of Shinah, all seed of Nimrod the great man of the earth(refer to the prophesy of Jonah). Spiritually, these all have one power and principality ruling over them.

A huge portion of Nahum's prophesy is dedicated to lamentation. The prophet mourns all the darkness and spoiling that the land goes through. He gives away some of the situations prevailing at the hour of darkness. He also mourns for the wrath that shall thereafter be visited on Nineveh, for the aggression against Jacob.