MICHAEL J. BOYLE
OUTLINE
Introduction
I. Title of the Book of Nahum (1:1)
II. Certainty of God’s Destruction of Nineveh (1:2-15)
A. The Theophonic Power of God to Judge His Enemies (1:2-8)
B. The Prediction of the Complete End of Nineveh (1:9-11)
C. The Promise to Judah (1:12-15)
III. Description of God’s Destruction of Nineveh (2:1-13)
A. The Capture of Nineveh (2:1-7)
B. The Plunder of Nineveh (2:8-10)
C. The Humiliation of Nineveh (2:11-13)
IV. Completeness of God’s Destruction of Nineveh (3:1-19)
A. Reasons for God’s Judgment of Nineveh (3:1-4)
B. Disgrace of the Destruction of Nineveh (3:5-7)
C. Defeat of Nineveh Is the Same as the Defeat of Thebes (3:8-15a)
D. Total Internal Collapse of Nineveh (3:15b-19)