Nahum 1:7-15

Overthrow of Nineveh; deliverance of Judah, Nahum 1:7-15.

In Nahum 1:7-15, the prophet applies the general truths expressed in Nahum 1:2-6, to the case in hand. The divine wrath will manifest itself in the overthrow of the enemies of God’s people, chief among whom is Assyria, with its capital, Nineveh. With this power out of the way, the excellence of Judah may be restored. Nahum 1:7-8 are still, in a sense, introductory; they affirm in general terms the fact that Jehovah is the stronghold of those who put their trust in him, and, on the other hand, that he “pursues his enemies into darkness.”