Old Testament -> Nahum
I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile….
Nahum 3:6
Nahum for Skeptics
There’s not much new in Nahum. God continues to behave in a way that would be unacceptable for any human. But God can get away with anything.
Here are a few highlights.
• God is jealous and gets furious. 1:2
• He makes the mountains quake and the hills melt. 1:5
• He doesn’t just get even. He drowns his enemies. 1:8
• There is “much pain in all loins.” 2:10
• God will “discover thy skirts upon thy face, ... show the nations thy nakedness” and “will cast abominable filth upon thee.” 3:4
• “Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women.” I guess this (“You’re all just a bunch of women.”) was the biggest insult God could think of at the moment. 3:13
• God says that “the fire shall devour thee, the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm.” 3:15
- The Bible:Nahum 1
- The Bible:Nahum 2
- The Bible:Nahum 3
