Outline of Nahum

    I. The pronouncement of Nineveh's doom         1:1-15
      A. The prophecy of doom                      1:1
      B. The Divine Agent of the doom              1:2-8
      C. The verdict of the doom                   1:9-13
      D. The realization of the doom               1:14-15

    II. The description of Nineveh's doom          2:1-13
      A. The warning sounded                       2:1-2
      B. The invasion described                    2:3-7
      C. The destruction delineated                2:8-13

    III. The vindication of Nineveh's doom         3:1-19
      A. Because of her bloody history             3:1-7
      B. Because of God's judgment upon Egypt      3:8-15a
      C. Because of their apathy                   3:15b-19