outline of Nahum

1.  Superscription (1:1)

2.  Nineveh's Just and Merciful Judge (1:2-14)

1. The Lord's Jealousy and Power (1:2-8)
2. Woe for the Wicked (1:9-14)

3.  Nineveh's Powerless Before the Lord's Army (1:15-2:13)

1. Good News for Judah (1:15-2:2)
2. Nineveh Captured and Plundered (2:3-10)
3. Nineveh's Power Broken by the Lord (2:11-13)

4.  Nineveh's Irreversible Destruction (ch. 3)

1. Judgment of the Wicked City Prophesied (3:1-7)
2. Nineveh's Fate Like that of the Thebes (3:8-11)
3. The Finality of Divine Judgment (3:12-19)