Nahum
3 chapters · OldTestament · Berean Standard Bible
Nineveh repented once (see Jonah). This time they didn’t. Nahum delivers the consequence, and a reminder that God’s patience has a purpose.
Chapters
God is jealous and avenging against Nineveh — 150 years after Jonah, Nineveh has returned to wickedness. God is slow to anger but great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty. Yet He is a refuge in the day of trouble for those who trust in Him.
A vivid, cinematic description of Nineveh's fall: chariots race through streets, defenders stumble, the river gates open, and the palace collapses. The lion's den (Assyria's symbol of power) is emptied. God is against Nineveh — their cruelty comes to a decisive end.
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies and plunder! Nineveh is compared to a prostitute who seduced and enslaved nations through sorcery. Her fall will be total and unmourned — everyone who hears the news will clap their hands because of her endless cruelty.
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