Hebrew Bible / Nahum / All
- Nahum 1:2 / Exodus 20:5
- Nahum 1:2 / Psalm 94:1
- Nahum 1:3 / Exodus 34:6
- Nahum 1:14 / LXX Nahum 1:14
- Nahum 1:15 / Isaiah 52:7
- Nahum 2:10 / Joel 2:6
- Nahum 3:4 / Revelation 17:2
- Nahum 3:4 / 2 Kings 9:22
- Nahum 3:5 / Jeremiah 13:26
- Nahum 3:7 / Lamentations 2:13
- Nahum 3:10 / Obadiah 1:11
- Nahum 3:10 / Isaiah 13:16
Summary
Date: 6th Century B.C.E.
The double title of the book of of Nahum points to its main characteristics. It is a written prophetic book associated with Nahum. It is also, in the main, a pronouncement against Nineveh. From the readers' viewpoint Nineveh was both a historical city, the capital of the Assyrian empire, and a symbol of a sinful, overbearing, exceedingly oppressive political structure which was totally destroyed and never rebuilt.