Annotated Outline of Nahum

Nahum

1. Seven attributes of God  (1:1-15)
   1. Title and author  (1:1)
   2. Vengeance of God  (1:2)
   100. Longsuffering and justice  (1:3)
   4. Omnipotence of God  (1:4-5)
   5. Holiness of God  (1:6)
   6. Goodness and omniscience  (1:7-8)
   7. Nineveh's overstepping (Isa. 10:7-11; 36:4-22; 37:3-29)  (1:9-11)
   8. Judah  (1:12-14)
      1. Her deliverance  (1:12-14)
   1. Her missionary program in the Millennium (Isa. 52:7; 61:6; 66:19; Zech. 8:23)  (1:15)
2. Judah encouraged against the Assyrian invader (Isa. 36-37)  (2:1-13)
   1. Judgment of Nineveh (Nahum 2:3-13)  (2:3-6)
      1. Battle in her streets  (2:3-6)
   2. Nineveh's captivity  (2:7-8)
   100. Nineveh spoiled  (2:9)
   4. Her utter ruin  (2:10-12)
   5. God the destroyer  (2:13)
3. Causes of Nineveh's doom  (3:1-19)
   1. A city of crimes and wars  (3:1-4)
   2. Judgment from God  (3:5-7)
   100. Example of judgment on No  (3:8-10)
   4. Application to Nineveh  (3:11-13)
   5. Nineveh asked to prepare  (3:14)
   6. Nineveh to be desolate  (3:15-17)
   7. Universal wickedness  (3:18-19)