Nahum (8) The Coming of the Babylonians Announce
Ronald Hanko provides exegetical commentary on Nahum 2:1-2, interpreting the prophet's announcement of Babylon's coming judgment against Assyria as an ironic call to arms that demonstrates God's sovereign control over nations and the futility of resistance to His purposes. The article illustrates how God uses earthly powers as instruments of His will, with particular attention to the poetic justice of Assyria's scattering mirroring its own historical treatment of conquered peoples like Israel.
Previous article in this series: December 2024, p. 109. He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches -- Nahum 2:1-2 Nahum 2:1 is an announcement of the coming of the Babylonian and Median armies and a call to arms to the Ninevites. At the time of...
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