Commentary on Nahum

Jerome (342–420)

One book of the comments of Saint Jerome, the Priest of Stridon, on the prophet Nahum

Latin Text from public domain Migne Editors, Patrologiae Cursus Completus.

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Table of Contents

Prologue

1:1

1:2

1:3

1:4

1:5

1:6

1:7

1:8

1:9

1:10

1:11

1:11-13

1:14

1:15

2:1-2

2:3-7

2:8-9

2:10

2:11

2:13

3:1-4

3:5-6

3:7

3:8-12

3:13-17

3:18-19

Prologue

According to the Septuagint interpreters, in the order of the twelve prophets, after Jonah comes Nahum, because they seem to prophesy about the same city. For it is written in Jonah: The word of the Lord came to Jonah, son of Amathi, saying: Arise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it (Jonah 1:1). But in Nahum, this is the beginning: The oracle of Nineveh: The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Therefore, both of them weave a prophecy about Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrians, which is now called Ninus. Furthermore, in Hebrew, after Jonah, Micah is placed, and Micah is followed by Nahum, which means consoler. For indeed, ten tribes had already been taken into captivity by the Assyrians under King Hezekiah of Judah, under whom they had also now migrated for the consolation of the people. This vision against Nineveh is seen…

See also

• More works by Jerome

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