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Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

This commentary builds on the work of previous scholarship and addresses contemporary issues. It gives serious attention to questions of textual criticism, philology, history, and Near Eastern backgrounds and is sensitive to the literary conventions characteristic of the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. The book is an earnest attempt to hear the message of the ancient prophets, a...

[16] In that day, Jerusalem will receive prophetic oracles of salvation and encouragement, not prophetic indictments and threats of impending judgment. “Do not be afraid” is a very common element in oracles of salvation, and it is often used to introduce them (2 Kings 19:6; Isa. 7:4; 10:24; 35:4; 40:9; 41:10; passim). The parallel expression, “let not your hands droop down,” is not as common, but it (2 Chron. 15:7) and its positive reformulation, “strengthen your hands” (Zech. 8:13), are attested
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