Answer: his wrath
It says in Nahum 1:2, "God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies."
God as a jealous God can also be seen in the 10 Commandments when He commands believers to only have one God. This is found in the book of Exodus.
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Answer: Elkoshite
Nahum 1:1 "The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite."
Elkosh is believed to have been in Judah but its exact location is unknown.
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Answer: With an overrunning flood
Nahum 1:8 says that Nineveh would be utterly destroyed. "But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies."
Nineveh was an OLD city, built during the time of Nimrod, the great-grandson of Noah! This pagan city had raided Israel repeatedly over time and pillaged the land and slain its population numerous times. They were known throughout the region as being incredibly ruthless to the point of barbarism. The flood that caused the downfall of Nineveh was caused by a fatal flaw in engineering, dating all the way back to the city's founding. The city lay at the junction of the Khosr River and the Tigris River. The sun-dried bricks that had been used in its construction simply dissolved in the flood waters, thus granting their enemies access UNDERNEATH the city walls. This was a remarkable fulfillment of Nahum's prophecy found in 2:6 - "The gates of the river shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved." (King James Version)
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Answer: the mountains
It says in Nahum 1:5, "The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein."
This verse shows the power of God, that even nature acknowledges Him.
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Answer: the dust of the Lord's feet
Nahum 1:3 "The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm and the clouds are the dust of his feet."
There are eight times in the King James Version of the Bible where the words "slow to anger" appear in the Bible. They are: Nehemiah 9:17, Psalm 103:8, Psalm 145:8, Proverbs: 15:18, Proverbs 16:32, Joel 2:13, Jonah 4:2 and Nahum 1:3.
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Answer: The Assyrian
The Assyrians had conquered the city of Nineveh in a move that propelled them into status as a "world power" beginning in 1300 B.C. and lasting for nearly two centuries. In 722 B.C. King Shalmaneser of Assyria began a long siege of Samaria, the capital city of Israel, and the end result was complete destruction of the city. Thousands of Jews were deported to Assyria, and the northern kingdom of Israel never fully recovered from its losses. (Now, if you were wondering why Jonah had detested the idea of warning these cruel and aggressive folks, wonder no more.)
The southern kingdom of Judah also suffered from oppression by the Assyrians. King Ahaz of Judah entered an alliance with King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria later and as a result of this unnatural alliance with the enemy, was forced to pay tribute to them and adopt some of their pagan worship practices.
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Answer: a strong hold in the day of trouble
It says in Nahum 1:7, "The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him."
A strong hold is a "well-fortified place" according to dictionary.com.
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Answer: fir
It says in Nahum 2:3, "The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken."
According to Gill's commentary (www.bible.cc) the war would be so great that the forest would look like it was being shaken from the impact of the swords and chariots.
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Answer: with flaming torches
Nahum 2:3 "The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken."
Nahum was probably written about 100 years after the book of Jonah. Jonah had to give the message about repentance to the people of Nineveh. They did for a while, but by the time Nahum came along they were at their old ways again. So by this point, judgement is falling on Nineveh.
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Answer: Huzzab
Huzzab was the Queen of Nineveh at the time of Nahum's prophecy.
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Answer: It shall be dissolved.
Nahum 2:6 "The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved."
Again, this is referring to the fall of Nineveh because of the city's great disobedience toward God.
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Answer: her chariots
It says in Nahum 2:8, "Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard."
The "her" in this verse refers to Nineveh.
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Answer: Huzzab
Nahum 2:7 "And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts."
According to "Smith's Bible Dictionary" it is not completely certain who Huzzab was, but it is widely believed that she was a queen in Nineveh at one point.
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Answer: Babylonians
Once the walls of the city had been weakened and damaged during the flooding of the Tigris River, the Babylonians (and possibly the Scythians with them) came in and plundered and ravaged the city, setting it on fire, and thus fulfilled Nahum's prophecy in 2:3-4.
In Nahum 2:13, we see the following statement regarding the absolute destruction of Nineveh:
"Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour the young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard."
The Babylonian empire was largely located in Lower Mesopotamia, while the Assyrian empire dominated the regions of Upper Mesopotamia. Naturally, once the Assyrians weakened in might and the Babylonians gained in strength, it was only a matter of time before such a move would be effected.
The Scythians were a nomadic people from the regions of modern-day Iran and southeastern Europe and Central Asia. They were not actually an empire, but rather, opportunists, and quite well may have assisted the Babylonians in their conquering of Nineveh.
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Answer: the bright sword and the glittery spear
It says in Nahum 3:3, "The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses."
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Answer: lies and robbery
Nahum 3:1 "Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not"
Nahum knows that Nineveh is in a lot of trouble, and Nineveh just doesn't get it.
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Answer: Because of all the evil-doings there.
It says in Nahum 3:4, "Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts."
In this entire book Nahum makes it clear that God is angry and destruction will happen.
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Answer: Put and Lubim
Nahum 3:9 "Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Put was an African region bordering Egypt. Lubim is believed to be Libya.
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Answer: abominable filth
"And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make the vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock."
As if the Ninevites weren't already vile enough, God says that He will make them more so. The word "gazingstock" means something akin to a horrible example to be looked upon in horror and dismay.
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Answer: Ethiopia and Egypt
It says in Nahum 3:9, "Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers."
Egypt is one of the oldest nations that is still a nation today. Ethiopia is also a very old nation, which based on this verse most likely was not as poor as it is today.
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Answer: locusts
Nahum 3:17 "Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are."
Locust are very common and not wanted creatures in the Middle East, so the comparison shows that the head people of the country are not wanted.
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Answer: thou shalt be hid
In Nahum 3:11 we read, "Thou also shalt be drunken: THOU SHALT BE HID, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
After Nineveh's destruction, the prophecy certainly came to pass. This event took place 612 years PRIOR to the birth of Christ, yet it was 1842 years AFTER the birth of Christ that archaeologists finally rediscovered the site of the city, across the river from modern-day Mosul, Iraq. The drunken part of the prophecy could certainly imply being hard hit from their enemies, (punch-drunk if you will); and the latter part of the verse says that they would seek strength. It did not say that they would find it, however. Just as their city was destroyed, and their evil ways stopped, the people who replaced them, the Babylonians, were also notorious in their own right. Their judgments are spoken of in the book of Ezekiel.
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Answer: the captains
It says in Nahum 3:17, "Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are."
"Thy captains" most likely refers to the princes of the country.
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Answer: continually
Nahum 3:19 "There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?"
I hope you enjoyed this quiz on Nahum. The next quiz will be on the book of Habakkuk.
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