Scriptural history combined with prophecies like the oracle and vision of Nahum
provide examples of the very obvious and inevitable judgments of God against the most self confident and
apparently successful foes of the Lord and His people... yes, even whole nations. Matthew Henry insightfully
deduces from our text today: “..
.those who make themselves vile by scandalous sins, God will make vile by
shameful punishments
.” Our Lord has made an example in history of nations who have risen up to challenge His
authority and purposes and we ought to learn from Nahum that He will surely do it again. Let us fear and pray
for our world accordingly. Yet more than this, in the genius of God's design for further revelation, we find His
purposes in the pending destruction of Nineveh serving multiple purposes. The reference to Gospel publication
in verse 15 joins other passages throughout scripture to signal a greater meaning and prophetic weight to
Nahum's words above and beyond the immediate occasion...